Ukrainian government brought down, but compromise reached

Ukraine’s opposition brought down the government today, and opposition leader, Viktor Yuschenko, signed a compromise deal that obliges his supporters to immediately lift their siege of government buildings.

According to the agreement – signed by Yushchenko, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, outgoing President Leonid Kuchma and European envoys – the blockade that has paralysed the government must be lifted immediately.