The Ukrainian opposition has agreed to the compromise deal proposed by President Viktor Yanukovych after intense mediation from a group of EU foreign ministers between the government, opposition and Maidan leaders.<br /><br />It may herald an end to the crisis in Kyiv and elsewhere around the country.<br /><br />While it satisfies none of the protagonists 100% of their demands it does at least offer the promise of an end to the recent violence. <br /><br />The deal will mean an immediate reversion to the 2004 constitution, limiting the president’s powers, the setting up of a coalition government, and presidential elections brought forward from 2015.<br /><br />The first tangible evidence on the streets that a step back was being taken was the police leaving Independence square, the centre of the Maidan protests.
