• A protester hammers at a statue of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin as others gather around after it was toppled during the pro-European protest in downtown Kiev, Ukraine. (AAP)
Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych has backed holding roundtable talks with the opposition after two weeks of protests and will meet three ex-presidents to discuss the crisis, his press service said.
Source:
AFP
9 Dec 2013 - 11:12 PM  UPDATED 9 Dec 2013 - 11:12 PM

Yanukovych supported the initiative of the roundtable proposed by Ukraine's first ex-Soviet president Leonid Kravchuk "which can be a place to reach understanding," the presidential statement said.

"On Tuesday, there is a planned meeting of four presidents of Ukraine... to discuss the key issues the country is facing," it added. Yanukovych will meet Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yushchenko.