Ukraine's Yanukovych declares coup d'état, not going to resign - President's adviser

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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych declares a coup d'état and is not going to resign, the mass media report citing the Ukrainian President's adviser. Viktor Yanukovych, who has refused to resign, gave an interview to TV channels Kharkov.

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The interview was broadcasted on the 112 TV channel. In an interview he said he would not resign, and plans to tour the areas south and east. Yanukovych added that Ukraine's coup resembles the Germany events of 1930s when the Nazis came to power.

Russia's Putin sending envoy to Kiev as mediator at request of Yanukovych

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin sends Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin to Kyiv as a mediator in the negotiations with the opposition at the request of President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, Press-Secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, said.

"A telephone conversation between President Putin and President Yanukovych was carried out on the initiative of the Ukrainian side, during which the President of Ukraine suggested that the head of the Russian state should send a Russian representative to Kyiv to participate in the negotiation process with the opposition as a mediator," Peskov said.

Ukraine's Yanukovych 'called up' for military service: Army to intervene in conflict

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Armed Forces of Ukraine finally reacted to the latest events in the country. Not using guns or tanks. Still, it is not the timid neutrality which Defense Minister Pavel Lebedev demonstrated a week ago after Kiev had been captured. He then stated that the armed forces would not intervene in the conflict, but will remain faithful to the Constitution. Now they recalled that the Constitution still has its guarantor.

Though the military service in the Ukraine is on a contract basis from this year on, Viktor Yanukovych was still called up. He was called upon "to take urgent measures to stabilize the situation in the country and to achieve concord in the society." As follows from the text published on the Ministry of Defense website, the military are concerned by forcible seizure of state institutions that prevents the authorities from performing their duties. They believe that further escalation of this process threatens the territorial integrity.

Yanukovych asks demonstrators to wait till next presidential election

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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has called on people who gathered on Kiev's Independent Square, as well as in other regions, not to take hasty actions and make their choice at the next presidential election.

Thousands of Yanukovych’s supporters rally in Kyiv

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About 10,000 supporters of the ruling Party of Regions are taking part in the We Are Building Europe in Ukraine rally in central Kyiv. Organizers are expecting 50,000 people to turn up.

The rally is taking place in the same square where Yanukovych’s opponents have recently put up tents.

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