CNN. Tổng thống bị hạ bệ Victor Yanukovych vừa họp báo. Ông nói ông không bị phế truất mà phải chạy trốn vì lý do đe dọa đến mạng sống.
“I intend to continue the fight for the future of Ukraine against those who, with fear and with terror, are attempting to replace the power. Nobody has overthrown me. I was compelled to leave Ukraine due to a direct threat to my life and my nearest and dearest,” he said, speaking Russian, not Ukrainian.