UPDATED: 11:35 a.m., with new comments from former PM Yulia Tymoshenko, after her release from prison.
KIEV, Ukraine – The Ukraine Parliament voted Saturday afternoon to impeach President Viktor Yanukovych, capping a day of extraordinary events in the nation’s capital here
Lawmakers also voted to hold elections on May 25, and after the vote began singing the national anthem.
Crowds of anti-government protesters took control of the government quarter, while lawmakers in parliament appointed their own members to top government spots, and news broke that the besieged President had fled the city, possibly even the country. Read more…
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