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| Ukraine issues arrest warrant for ousted President Viktor Yanukovych |
| 2014-02-25 |
| [CNN] Ukraine's ousted President is a wanted man. He's also a missing man. Viktor Yanukovych is not in Kiev. The mayor of Kharkiv, where Yanukovych was Saturday, says he hasn't seen him in a few days. He's also apparently not hiding in a bunker in a Ukrainian Orthodox monastery, a church spokesman said, swatting down the latest speculation. Ukraine's onetime -- and, by his account, current -- President is facing a warrant for the "mass killings" of civilians. Over the weekend, he fled to Kharkiv, a pro-Russian stronghold near the border. And he tried to board a charter plane in the eastern city of Donetsk but was turned away because he didn't have documents. In his last known public act, he delivered a televised speech Saturday from Kharkiv in which he rejected the parliament's ouster and vowed to fight. "I don't plan to leave the country. I don't plan to resign. I am the legitimate President," he said Saturday in the televised broadcast. "Me and Morsi, you betcha!" |
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