10 things you need to know today: February 21, 2014

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1. Yanukovych announces a peace deal as violence continues in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said Friday that he had reached a deal to end escalating bloodshed in Kiev by calling early elections, forming a coalition, and reducing his own powers. Fresh clashes between police and protesters put the tentative, European Union–brokered agreement in doubt. Opposition leaders were still discussing the draft deal. A day earlier, violence killed at least 70 people, as the E.U. imposed visa bans and other sanctions on Ukrainian officials. [The New York Times, Irish Times]

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