Klitschko warns Ukrainian tempers are heating up

By Jim Heintz

Published February 4, 2014 5:10pm ET

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Klitschko warns Ukrainian tempers are heating up — Anti-government protesters warm themselves as they man a barricade in central Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Leaders of the anti-government protests that have gripped Ukraine's capital for more than two months say they will seek constitutional changes that will weaken the president's powers. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) | Darko Bandic

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian opposition leaders warned Tuesday that tempers are heating up and the president must take action to resolve the country’s protracted political crisis.

Vitali Klitschko, the former heavyweight boxing champion who is one of the top figures in Ukraine’s mass protests, met Tuesday with President Viktor Yanukovych as parliament held a session but took no action.

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