Ukraine protest leader vague on premiership offer
By JIM HEINTZ and MARIA DANILOVA, Associated Press
Jan 25, 2014 2:51 PM CST
A protester protect himself from water guns during a clash with riot police in central Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday Jan. 25, 2014. Ukraine's Interior Ministry has accused protesters in Kiev of capturing two of its officers as violent clashes have resumed in the capital and anti-government riots spread across...   (Associated Press)

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A top Ukrainian protest leader says the opposition is ready to accept leadership of the country, but isn't immediately accepting embattled President Viktor Yanukovych's offer to become prime minister.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk's statement Saturday several hours after Yanukovych's offer of the premiership leaves the adversaries in Ukraine's two-month-long political crisis still jockeying for position.

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