克卿將在慕尼黑會見烏克蘭反對派領袖

U.S. officials say Secretary of State John Kerry will hold his first meeting with members of the Ukrainian opposition who have been leading anti-government protests in the country since November.

Kerry, on a visit to Germany, will hold talks Saturday with opposition politician Arseny Yatsenyuk and former boxing champion-turned-activist Vitali Klitschko.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian protesters were expressing outrage after opposition activist Dmytro Bulatov, missing since January 22, was found outside Kyiv Thursday with cuts and bruises to his face. Bulatov says he was kidnapped by unknown abductors and held for days before being abandoned in a forest. He says he made his way to a nearby village where he reached his friends by phone.

The United Nations human rights office has called on Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to investigate recent reports of deaths, kidnappings and torture during the nation's political unrest.

President Yanukovych has issued a statement accusing opposition leaders of escalating the political crisis. He said they are encouraging people to stand outside in freezing weather just to advance their political ambitions. Mr. Yanukovych says the government has fulfilled its obligations to end the standoff, including a conditional amnesty for arrested protesters and replacing his prime minister.美國官員說，克里國務卿即將跟烏克蘭反對派領導人舉行首次會談。去年11月以來，他們一直領導烏克蘭反政府的抗議行動。

正在德國訪問的克里將於星期六在慕尼黑會見反對派政治人物亞採紐克和曾經是拳擊冠軍克的活動人士克利欽科。

與此同時，烏克蘭抗議者星期五對反對派活動人士布勒托夫據稱被綁架後受傷表示憤怒。布勒托夫1月22日起失蹤，1月30日晚間人們在基輔郊外找到他，當時他的臉上有割傷和擦傷。布勒托夫說，他被不明身份的人綁架，被扣押了幾天，然後被丟棄在一片樹林裏。布勒托夫說，他設法去到附近的一個村莊，通過電話跟他的朋友聯繫上。

最近有報道說，烏克蘭政治動亂期間發生了死亡、綁架和酷刑事件。聯合國人權官員要求烏克蘭總統亞努科維奇對上述報道的事件展開調查。

烏克蘭總統亞努科維奇發表聲明，指責反對派領導人不斷升級這場政治危機。他說，他們鼓動人們在寒冷的天氣裏站在外面，就是爲了推動他們的政治野心。他說，爲了結束對峙，政府已履行其義務，其中包括有條件赦免被逮捕的示威者和撤換他的總理。