Protesters in Ukraine Reject the Ministers Concessions

According to the energy minister, Eduard Stavytsky, 100 protestors tried to seize and control the ministry, but he asked them to peacefully leave the building so that the energy system wouldn't collapse putting the entire country at risk.

The protestors did leave peacefully, but they blocked the entrance outside the building.

According to Aljazeera, the siege comes a day after the president, Viktor Yanukovic, offered concessions to protestors, including changes in government ministers and the amendment sweeping anti-protest laws through parliament last week.

The violence and protests have not stopped, showing that they will not concede and accept the terms.

The protests began in November after Yanukovich spurred an association agreement with the European Union in favor of have having closer ties to Russia. This is not the first of demonstrations for Ukraine, the first of them were in 2004-5 the Orange Revolution which denied Yanukovich his first attempt at the presidency.



This set of protests started out peacefully in Kiev, but the police have intervened violently  to break up the protests. Now the protestors have set up barricades near their football stadium and are throwing Molotov cocktails at the police. Police of course return fire with rubber bullets, stun grenades, killing at least half a dozen people so far.

 

The protestors have adavanced and taken control of certain parts of the city including its main independence square. On friday they occupied the main agriculutrial ministry building after talks stalled on Thursday night between the president and those opposed.

The government have detained at least 100 people and 24 have been formally arrested. At least five activists have been killed but the government says they had nothing to do with their deaths.