Yanukovich announces before time presidential elections

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych announced an early presidential election. The statement  wasfound on the official website of the President . The President also initiated the restoration of the Constitution of the 2004. " a redistribution of powers towards a parliamentary republic."

In addition , the President  called on the political forces to begin the formation of  "a national trust  government." The statements does not read  whether  the  before time elections to the Verkhovna Rada  will be held.

The statement said that Yanukovych  announced before time  presidential elections, constitutional reform and the formation of a coalition government of Yanukovych  due to ​​his "duty to the people, to Ukraine and before God in the name of preserving the state , in the name of saving lives."

On the night of February 21, talks with participation of  Yanukovych , Foreign Ministers of Germany and Poland , as well as opposition leaders Vitali Klitschko, Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Oleg Tyagniboka and negotiator of Russia Vladimir Lukin and Russian Ambassador Mikhail Zurabov  were held, and resulted in  an agreement between the  power and the opposition. According to "Interfax" referring to a source close to the negotiations, Lukin refused to  sign the final agreement of the parties.

During the riots in Kiev, which began  on February 18 , according to the Ministry of Health, 77 people were killed (according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine -80 ), the number of victims has reached 581. -02D-