Viktor Yanukovych appears to be digging in his heels today, refusing to resign as Ukraine’s president.
http://twitter.com/#!/shaunwalker7/status/437229297733226496Yanukovych to @UBR_ua: – won't resign – this is a nazi coup – complain about repressions against his MPs/cronies http://t.co/4DUpQaWD7M— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) February 22, 2014
Meanwhile, thousands reportedly swarmed his compound after he fled Kiev. Photos of his luxury villa, private zoo, boat and more are circulating on Twitter.
http://twitter.com/#!/nycjim/status/437224069318991872 http://twitter.com/#!/obk/status/437232055995604992 http://twitter.com/#!/MaximEristavi/status/437221248683491328 http://twitter.com/#!/mattfrei/status/437215577791545344 http://twitter.com/#!/mattfrei/status/437215985855369217 http://twitter.com/#!/mattfrei/status/437216256098598912 http://twitter.com/#!/mattfrei/status/437216717690118144 http://twitter.com/#!/fedescher/status/437221960050044928 http://twitter.com/#!/fedescher/status/437220326377009152 http://twitter.com/#!/nycjim/status/437229210483298305 http://twitter.com/#!/Channel4News/status/437230250074701824More from journalist Matt Frei:
Word spread that the private presidential compound on the outskirts of Kiev was now open to visitors, courtesy of the revolution. We headed down there and came across what looked remarkably like a swelling Saturday family outing. And yes, they were going to the zoo but it happened to be the president’s private zoo that had, until today, been kept a very well-guarded secret, together with all the other opulence of Villa Yanukovych. I have never seen anything like it.
[Update]
The parliament has voted to remove Yanukovych from power.
http://twitter.com/#!/mattfrei/status/437246821975752704Related:
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