KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s security agency on Sunday warned of a heightened risk of terrorism, including from nearly three months of anti-government protests. The warning raised the pressure on the opposition as parliament tries to find a way out of the crisis.
The Security Service of Ukraine said it was putting its counter-terrorism units on alert, after receiving a large number of bomb threats across the country at airports, train stations, pipelines and other sites. In what was seen as a warning to the opposition, the seizure of government buildings also would be viewed as manifestations of terrorism, the agency said.
Some 30,000 people attended a rally on Kiev’s Independence Square, known as the Maidan, on Sunday, the day the demonstrations usually draw the largest crowds.
Opposition leaders demanded a constitutional reform that would reduce presidential powers and early elections in which they hope to unseat President Viktor Yanukovych. The measures are being discussed in the national parliament, which is controlled by Yanukovych loyalists who so far have rejected those demands.
