Fresh Spasm of Violence Hits Ukraine — Political Deal Calls for Early Elections

ICYMI, here's Sarah Kendzior's awesome piece from yesterday at Politico, "The Day We Pretended to Care About Ukraine."

And the front-page story at this morning's Los Angeles Times, "Snipers kill 20 protesters in Ukraine; allies turn against Yanukovich."

This is one of the most apocalyptic photos I've ever seen in the news. From Kiev. http://t.co/4hbDy1wlYT pic.twitter.com/ZQeMO2yyYe

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) February 19, 2014

More at the Wall Street Journal, "Dozens Dead in Ukraine as Fresh Violence Flares in Kiev: Ukrainian Capital Plummets into Renewed Bloodshed," and "Ukraine Deal Calls for Early Elections, New Coalition: Presidential Elections to Be Held Between September and December."

And then see Foreign Policy, "Think That Kiev Agreement Will Hold? Think Again."