Ukraine's president declares a 'coup' and refuses to resign
SATURDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2014
President Yanukovych refuses to resign and calls the revolution fascist, after Ukraine's opposition takes over parliament and jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko prepares to be released.
- President Yanukovych declares a coup, and compares situation to the Nazis taking power in 1930s Germany
- Opposition lawmakers are pushing through a number of reforms to limit the president's powers, including elections in May
- They voted to speed up the process of releasing jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko
- Oleksandr Turchynov, an ally of Yulia Tymoshenko, has been elected as the new parliament speaker
- 77 people are dead after days of violence in Kiev
- Opposition lawmakers are pushing through a number of reforms to limit the president's powers, including elections in May
- They voted to speed up the process of releasing jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko
- Oleksandr Turchynov, an ally of Yulia Tymoshenko, has been elected as the new parliament speaker
- 77 people are dead after days of violence in Kiev
