Clashes In Ukraine -- Live Blog
Last updated (GMT/UTC): 20.02.2014 18:23
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SUMMARY
-- Opposition protesters have rejected a deal negotiated between Yanukovych, the EU and the three major opposition leaders. Demonstrators now control the government quarter and the presidential residence.
-- The Ukrainian parliament has voted to dismiss Yanukovych.
-- Yanukovych says he is not resigning and has said actions in Kyiv today are an attempt at a coup.
-- Yulia Tymoshenko has left a prison hospital after parliament voted to free her immediately.
-- In Kharkiv, a delegation of regional governors signed a statement rejecting the authority of parliament.
-- Yanukovych has a zoo and extensive antique car collection at his presidential residence.
NOTE: Live blog updates are listed according to local time in Kyiv
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Glenn Kates / Luke Allnutt / Coilin O'Connor / Dan Wisniewski
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Photos of Tymoshenko release
Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko becomes emotional after she was freed on February 22, 2014.
Tymoshenko receives a hug shorly after her release.
Tymoshenko was held under guard in a prison hospital where she was being treated for severe and chronic back pain.
Tymoshenko greets supporters from a car as she leaves the Central Clinical Hospital in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Yevgenia Tymoshenko brings her hands to her face as Ukraine's parliament voted to free her mother, Yulia Tymoshenko, on February 22, 2014.
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Two somewhat troubling images from the day.
Ukarine -- An alleged sniper and member of the pro-government forces is beaten by anti-government protesters in Kiev today.
Below, Sergei Kharchenko the head of the customs union is detained by members of the radical Right Sector in Uzgorod and tied to a poll.
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Tymoshenko has arrived in Kyiv.
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Interfax: Newly elected speaker Turchynov says Yanukovych attempted to flee Ukraine but was prevented by border guards from boarding the plane.
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First images of Tymoshenko coming in.
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Interfax -- Kharkiv Mayor and Regional Governor have left Ukraine and crossed into Russia, according to the spokesperson for the acting Interior Minister.
The regional governor, Mykhailo Dobkin had led a meeting of pro-Yanukovych regional governors earlier in the day in Kharkiv.
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According to a reporter from our Ukrainian Service, who was on the scene when Tymoshenko left the hospital, she spoke briefly to the crowd of supporters.
"Today our whole country can see the sun and the sky, because today the dictatorship fell. And it was not knocked down by politicians or diplomats, but by the people."
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Opposition says Tymoshenko's heading to Independence Square -- the base of the protests.
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Tymoshenko freed from prison hospital.
She is reportedly flying to Kyiv
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The Ukrainian parliament votes to remove Yanukovych from office. Elections set for May 25.