Earlier reports said that Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski would travel to Kiev on Thursday at the request of European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
Mass street protests resumed in Kiev on Tuesday as the Verkhovna Rada met in a bid to work out a solution to the crisis. The opposition demanded a reinstatement of the 2004 constitution and parliamentary rule.
Aggressive crowds attempted to break through to the House of Parliament. Radicals burst into buildings, smashed windows, burnt tyres and threw stones and Molotov cocktails at police. Some protesters used firearms.
Voice of Russia, RIA
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_02_19/French-German-Polish-FMs-to-visit-Ukraine-2903/
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