Ukraine unsettled, uneasy as peace deal sinks in; President leaves town
Enthusiasm was muted for the peace deal brokered among them a day before by the foreign ministers of Poland, Germany and France. Hours before they signed the deal, Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski warned them not to expect perfection, CNN reports. "All sides need to remember that compromise means getting less than 100%," he said in a message on Twitter. If he upholds his end of the deal, Yanukovych will lose many of his powers soon -- and his office completely -- before the year is up. That's not soon enough for some. Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko on Saturday urged Ukraine's parliament to enact a resolution calling for the President's immediate resignation and for early presidential elections to be held by May 25th. During the session, resignations were announced for two of his political allies in parliament, including the speaker of parliament. A deputy speaker read them live on the parliament's television channel. Protesters who occupied Kiev's Maidan, or Independence Square, for months and watched dozens of fellow demonstrators die this week want him out of office. Read more
