​Ukrainian crisis: January 5

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9:54. Chairman of the opposition 'Batkivshchyna' faction Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that all three opposition leaders - he, Vitali Klitschko and Oleg Tyahnibok - will take part in the first round of presidential elections in 2015.

10:07. Police received two reports of alleged mining of the tent camp on Kyiv's Independence Square and a building of Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA) in the evening on Saturday, January 4.

10:16. The opposition cancelled a traditional National veche on Kyiv´s Independence Square on Sunday, January 5, due to the preparation for the Christmas holidays.

10:27. Chairman of the opposition 'Batkivshchyna' faction Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that Euromaidan should stand till the presidential elections in 2015.

10:42. Daughter of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Eugenia, said the state of her mother´s health is critical.

11:11. Vice President of the European Parliament Gianni Pittella urged the European Union to take steps to release former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

11:31. Interior Minister Vitaly Zakharchenko took personal control over the investigation into the attack and beating by unidentified men of deputy of the opposition party 'Svoboda' Andrey Ilienko and of lawyer Sidor Kizina.

12:44. Police found no evidence of intentional destruction of the monument to Lenin in the village of Andreevo-Ivanovka in Odessa region.

13:20. One of the coordinators of Euromaidan in Kharkov Alexander Chizhov has been called for questioning on charges of distributing pornography.

13:33. Chairman of the 'Batkivshchyna' faction Arseniy Yatsenyuk that there is a legal possibility to hold an early presidential elections in October 2014.

13:50. Despite the abolition of the National veche, tens of thousands of people gathered on Kyiv's Independence Square on January 5th.

14:25. Protesters on Euromaidan staged prayer for battered journalist and activist Tatyana Chornovol.

14:40. Leader of the opposition party 'UDAR' Vitali Klitschko called on Ukrainians to organize an All-Ukrainian strike to the authorities of the country.

14:56. Euromaidan activists are going to celebrate Christmas in the center of Kyiv, said the press service of the opposition 'Batkivshchyna' fraction.

15:25. Euromaidan activist Vitali Primak was beaten by two unidentified men in Rovno in the morning on January 5.

15:44. All-Ukrainian Union 'Maidan' urges citizens to boycott the TV channel 'Inter', namely not to turn it at all.

16:14. A column of Auto-Euromaidan activists is moving towards the house of Interior Minister Vitaly Zakharchenko to hold picket.

16:59. Auto-Euromaidan activists picketing the house of Vitaly Zakharchenko in Podgortsi (Kyiv region) taped his gates with stickers with the words 'Property of bandits'.

17:15. The opposition demands to reduce maintenance costs of the Ukrainian government by $20 billion.

17:28. Chairman of the opposition 'Batkivshchyna' faction Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced a hunt for corrupt officials in the government of Nykolai Azarov, the presidential administration and the entire Ukrainian authorities.

18:00. Nearly 200 hundred people held a rally in support of Kyiv's Euromaidan in Odessa.

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