On the streets of Ukraine’s protest-ridden capital, you’d never know embattled President Viktor Yanukovych offered his most substantial concessions yet to the anti-government demonstrations that have fanned out across his country.

That’s because for most protesters here, they don’t count for much.

Despite the president’s offer late Saturday to invite two of the country’s three main opposition leaders into his government, protests rage on in defiance of ominous warnings from the nation’s top cop.