Leader of the UDAR Party Vitaliy Klitschko has said that personal sanctions against Ukrainian officials should be introduced by the European Union (EU).

"The seriousness of the situation makes me be perfectly frank. Only moral support is not enough for us. Today we need the political expanding pressure on the Yanukovych's regime. This is first the application of personal sanctions against officials guilty in violation of human rights and beating of peaceful people," Klitschko said at a meeting with Vice President of the European Parliament Gianni Pittella on Saturday, the press service of the party reported.

Klitschko also said that supporters of the European Union who are protesting on the Maidan Nezalezhnosti Square in Kyiv are ready to stay there until their requirements are fulfilled. He said that authorities could still have plans to use force against peaceful protesters.