Ukraine--President Viktor Yanukovych met with opposition leaders on Saturday and offered them concessions including the possible resignation of his government, aides said, in a bid to end two months of antigovernment protests.
At the meeting with the heads of the three main opposition parties, Mr. Yanukovych offered to fire his government if one of the opposition leaders, former Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, accepts the post of prime minister, Justice Minister Olena Lukash said after talks.
Another opposition leader, boxer-turned-politician Vitali Klitschko, could become deputy prime minister for humanitarian affairs, Ms. Lukash said.
The offer Saturday came after two months of protests turned violent in recent days, causing the deaths of at least three protesters amid a police crackdown.
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