Radio Free Europe, December 04, 2013
Ukraine's
three former presidents have released a statement of support for protests in
Ukraine sparked by a decision to suspend talks on an agreement with the
European Union.
Leonid
Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma, and Viktor Yushchenko co-authored the statement,
posted on Yushchenko's party website on December 4, that said, "We express
solidarity with the peaceful civic actions of hundreds of thousands of young
Ukrainians."
It also
noted, "For the first time, the Ukrainian people have come out on the
streets with a demand that has unprecedented mass support."
The
statement condemned the "excessive use of force" by police against
protesters at rallies in Kyiv and called on the government to consider
"the European yearnings of the Ukrainian people."
The three
presidents' statement also warned that "the crisis is deepening and we see
risks of losing control over the situation."
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