Ukrainian opposition leaders have rejected proposals by Mr. Yanukovych to hold talks to try to solve the crisis and protesters have been reinforcing their positions.
And when he shows up with the army in battle array with their armor on outside Thebes, the sources say this is the equivalent of coming into the negotiations with Thebes.
All day long the battle raged, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. The blood from his wound ran onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died.