Deal signed to end Ukraine crisis
February 21, 2014
Kiev (CNN) – Ukraine’s President and opposition leaders agreed Friday to a deal meant to end the country’s political crisis and bloody fighting that has left parts of Kiev’s city center a war zone.
President Viktor Yanukovych, opposition leaders and representatives of the European Union signed the deal Friday afternoon after a night of difficult negotiations that stretched well into the day.
“Good compromise for Ukraine. Gives peace a chance. Opens the way to reform and to Europe” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said via Twitter before the signing was completed.