The EU’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton is in Ukraine on Wednesday for more talks with the president and opposition leaders.<br /><br /> It comes as Viktor Yanukovych faces fresh demands from his rivals for a constitutional change that would seriously curtail his powers.<br /><br /> At least six people have been killed in the past two weeks in unprecedented politically-linked violence in Kyiv, whose centre is now a heavily-barricaded fortified protest zone. <br /><br /> But some do not feel the EU’s involvement will help bring a swift end to the crisis.<br /><br /> “As soon as the European Union gets involved Russia will get involved. It’s our business, and our country. We need to remove Yanukovych, and then to put in a new leader who will do all what we need,” said one demonstrator. <br /><br /> Fierce clashes between riot police and squads of radical protesters have prompted global concern that the ex-Soviet republic, a large buffer territory of 46 million people between Russia and the EU, might plunge into civil war.<br /><br /> Though there has been no violence in Kiev for several days, Western governments have warned Yanukovych that it risks flaring up again unless he can find a compromise with the opposition.
