Presidential Powers

Ukraine riots toll: 28 dead, 287 injured so far, says govt

Ukraine's protest leaders and the embattled president called a truce Wednesday, after two days of pitched street battles in which protesters hurled Molotov cocktails and bricks at police forces,

Ukraine opposition leader says talks with govt have failed

"Unfortunately, I bring nothing good from the talks," Ukrainska Pravda website quoted Klitschko as saying.

US calls on Ukraine govt to withdraw forces from Kiev

Biden underscored the urgency of immediate dialogue with opposition leaders to address protesters' legitimate grievances and to put forward serious proposals for political reform, it said.

Pitched battle in Ukraine as riot police attack Kiev protest camp

The violence was the deadliest in nearly three months of anti-government protests that have paralyzed Ukraine's capital in a struggle over the nation's identity, and the worst in the country's post-Soviet history