(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych has agreed a truce with opposition leaders, after at least 26 people died in clashes this week. In a statement, he said "negotiations" would now start to end the bloodshed of the last two days. Opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk confirmed this, saying there would be no new police attempts to storm the main protest site, the Maidan, in Kiev. Fires are continuing to burn around the Maidan, but no violence is reported, according to the (BBC). Most of the victims died during the clashes near the parliament building in the capital and later police attempts to clear the Maidan on Tuesday - making it the bloodiest day since the unrest erupted in late November. Thursday has been declared a day of mourning for the dead, the BBC reported. The announcement of the truce came late on Wednesday after Yanukovych met members of a crisis group, which included Ukraine's three main opposition leaders, the parliamentary speaker and top officials from the presidential administration. The statement on the presidential website said that it was agreed to "start negotiations aimed at stopping the bloodshed, stabilising the situation in the country and achieving social peace". It did not give details of what the truce would entail or how it would be implemente
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