Ukraine divided between Brussels and Moscow

The demonstrations in Kiev and Ukraine still remains at the center of diplomatic initiatives.

Ukrainian President Viktor Ianukovich met on Sunday night with u.s. Senators John McCain and Chris Murphy, the Democrat and Republican parties respectively.

According to the administration of the Ukrainian presidency, "Ianukovich assured that the Government will do everything possible to guarantee the right of citizens to express themselves peacefully, as well as to conduct an honest and transparent investigation about the events in independence square on November 30," when the police used force against a peaceful demonstration.

The two politicians Americans participated in the demonstration Sunday in Kiev European Pro-Union, a sign of support of the United States to the postulates of the opposition, while elsewhere the Ukrainian capital was another demonstration, in support of Ianukovich.

Today in Brussels, before the opening of the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the European Union, the head of European diplomacy Catherine Ashton, stressed that there is still a way to do with the Ukrainian Government.

Expressing the concern of Brussels "when we see some of the things that were said," Ashton explained that the meeting with the Ukrainian President in Kiev wanted to understand "what economic uncertainties that have moved away from the" signature of the agreement with the EU, with which continues to believe that "we can work with him to find solutions".

After having gathered on Sunday in Kiev at least 200 thousand people, the protest against the Customs Union with Russia remains, as well as the tents and the barricades erected by demonstrators in Independence Square, despite the snow and cold.

Restless on the eve of Tuesday's meeting Ukrainian President with Vladimir Putin, the Ukrainian opposition accuses Ianukovich to accept a Russian proposal that allegedly serves as a camouflage to the Moscow plan to reconstitute the Soviet Union.

The protests began on November 21, after Ianukovich announced to give up signing the agreement foresaw the strengthening of commercial and political ties with the European Community, to focus on the customs agreement proposed by Vladimir Putin, and that also involves Belarus, Kazakhstan. The violent police intervention on 30 November, with the intention to disperse peaceful demonstration, provoking an even greater membership came to protests.

Ianukovich explained the decision to reject the agreement with Brussels on the grounds that the EU did not offer to Ukraine, grappling with a difficult economic situation, a financial contribution that compensates for the potential commercial losses resulting from the Customs Union membership not promoted by Russia.

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