Ukrainian Opposition Urged its Supporters to Protest

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Tymoshenko, Poroshenko and Vakarchuk called on supporters to go to the Maidan to protest on December 8. The day before, they published “red lines,” Zelensky should not cross at the meeting in the Normandy format. Opposition factions in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine European Solidarity, Batkivshchyna and Golos called on their supporters to go to Kyiv to the Ukrainian name of the protest site, Maidan Nezalezhnosti reinforce claim on President Volodymyr Zelensky before the meeting in the Normandy format. The corresponding statement, signed by Yulia Tymoshenko, Petro Poroshenko and Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, was published on Wednesday, December 4, on Facebook by the European Solidarity MP Andriy Parubiy. “We urge all Ukrainians, all political forces and public organizations supporting the state, to come to Maidan Nezalezhnosti on December 8 at 13:00 to demonstrate our unity and determination in the struggle for Ukraine. “Red Lines” for President Zelensky The day before these factions issued a joint statement where they formulated “red lines” for President Volodymyr Zelensky before the meeting in the Normandy format scheduled on December 9. The intersection of these lines, according to the statement, “will cause irreparable damage to Ukraine” and violate its national interests. The “red lines” are preservation of a unitary state, the impossibility of compromises on the European and Atlantic course of Ukraine, as well as the prevention of elections in Donbas before the withdrawal of Russian troops. In addition, Zelensky should not compromise on the status of the Crimea and promise to terminate legal proceedings against Russia. The statement also says about the need to regain control of Ukraine over the Ukrainian-Russian border in areas not controlled by Kyiv. DW