In Kiev demonstrators occupy the Ministry of Justice, the protest against Viktor Yanukovych impact on other areas of Ukraine. Becoming increasingly clear that the President seems to deny the reality that his apparatus has no strategy against power loss.

On the night of Sunday, the opposition in Ukraine announced a further success. Before the Justice Department in Kiev jostle the TV crews. The cameras are focused on serious-looking men who guard the entrance of the unadorned building, next to build their comrades a barricade of sandbags on.

Without much resistance before a handful of protesters had stormed the key ministries and a little later announced the cast. The illuminated sign on the front that said, again, “Department of Justice”, they destroyed. Above the steel grid of the input suppliers now depends the European flag. From the police, as it tell the occupiers, there was nothing to see.

The scene says a lot about the situation in Ukraine. President Viktor Yanukovych is losing control – not only in Kiev, but also throughout the country.

On Saturday, the president had the opposition leader surprisingly offered a power-sharing: Arseny Yatsenyuk should Prime Minister, Vitali Klitschko will be his deputy. The offer also provided for amnesty for protesters who were arrested during the protests. In return, all blockages should be cleared. Klitschko refused the offer, saying,

Viktor Yanukovych had to make a withdrawal free the way for a new political beginning. Yatsenyuk said in view of the desperate situation in the second largest state in Europe from surface for further negotiations.

The pressure on Yanukovych increases. Meanwhile occupy his opponents in the east of the country town and district administrations, so in that part of Ukraine, which actually stands for president. On Sunday, the Ukrainian television showed pictures from the big city Zaporizhia, where several thousand people tried to storm a building of public administration. The amount was pushed back by police with tear gas and stun grenades. In Dnepropetrovsk, the birthplace of imprisoned opposition leader Yulia

Tymoshenko, about 3,000 protesters tried to get into the headquarters of the regional government.
Also in Odessa and Kharkov played out similar scenes from local media said, but with fewer participants. In the area adjacent to the west Poland opposition have been in many places brought the town halls in their violence. Currently, should be in their hands, eleven of the 27 district administrations.

Ukraine Protests:Fear of escalation

The occupation strategy does not fit all in the camp of Yanukovych’s opponents. Klitschko urged the protesters on the premises of the Ministry in Kiev. “You want to stay, but I’ll try to convince them otherwise,” Klitschko said on Monday. It was necessary to find a political solution to the power struggle and avoid provocations, said the former world boxing champion.

Justice Minister Jelena Lukasch brought a possible state of emergency on the agenda. Lukasch called the radical opponents of the government on to leave their official residence. While you hope for a peaceful settlement, the demonstrators but should not withdraw, they will discuss the situation with the National Security Council. They’ll possibly address the imposition of a state of emergency in the ex-Soviet republic.

Ukraine Protests:President Yanukovych not seen for days

The situation is tense. As Yanukovych wants to control, nobody likes to prophesy. Even diplomats are holding back with predictions. On Tuesday, a special session of Parliament is expected that the President had called himself. Since the opposition had its proposal to participate in the government rejected, the agenda is unclear. Seems possible, however, that Yanukovych tried with concessions like the withdrawal of controversial laws to alleviate the pressure on, at least briefly.

For days you have not seen the President , even closest adviser should partially have no more contact . Details of the emergency meetings with the opposition give little cause for hope for a peaceful solution. Is completely unrealistic Yanukovych once again gives a lecture at the meeting of its position on the Association Agreement with the EU, which could escalate the resistance. On the insurgency throughout the country , he did not address specifically . “He seems to live more and more in a bubble ,” says an adviser to the opposition.

Possible concessions on the Parliament would be the last chance to resolve the conflict yet somehow solve the dialogue From an EU perspective . With care , the analysts observe in the European capitals , the violence on the streets and the fact that the right-wing groups are gaining in influence. Foreign Minister Frank -Walter Steinmeier called so on Sunday at both sides to continue negotiating . In the session of Parliament there is a – possibly the last opportunity – to solve the power struggle without a further escalation of violence.

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