KIEV, April 17 ??“ Ukraine??™s political crisis may ease within the next 10 days as figures have been making progress in discussions over the settlement, Oleksandr Chaliy, deputy chief of staff at the office of President Viktor Yushchenko, said.

On Tuesday, pro-Western Yushchenko traveled to Brussels, while his pro-Russian rival Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych visited Strasbourg as both had reported on the Ukrainian political crisis.