Ukraine leader intends to sign EU deal, diplomat says

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All that "masculinity" seems to have vanished rather quickly. The KGB apparatschik was bested by a couple of professional boxers. Classic.

(CNN) -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych intends to sign a deal on closer European Union ties, the bloc's top diplomat has said, after weeks of mass protests that have rattled the Eastern European country.

Ukrainian protesters, angry about the government's decision last month to spurn a free-trade agreement with the EU in favor of closer economic ties with Moscow, have stood their ground in Kiev's Independence Square, or Maidan, paralyzing the center of the capital.

They have remained there, undeterred by authorities' overnight crackdown early Wednesday in which police tore down barricades they had set up.

After meeting Yanukovych this week, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said he had assured her of his intent.

[GandD 5,966]

I hope that doesn't make their women less hot or worried about their appearance in the future. God help them if they find out about Cheetos or sweatpants.

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All that "masculinity" seems to have vanished rather quickly. The KGB apparatschik was bested by a couple of professional boxers. Classic.

Yeah, it has definately vanished.