KIEV: Ukraine's armed forces on Friday urged embattled President Viktor Yanukovych to take "urgent steps" to ease the crisis in the ex-Soviet country, entering the fray on the political crisis for the first time.

"Servicemen and employees of Ukraine's armed forces . . . have called on the commander-in-chief to take urgent steps within the limits of existing legislation with a view to stabilizing the situation in the country and reaching consent in society," the defence ministry said in a statement.

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