Viktor Yanukovych appears to be digging in his heels today, refusing to resign as Ukraine’s president.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/shaunwalker7\/status\/437229297733226496\n
Yanukovych to @UBR_ua<\/a>:\n– won't resign\n– this is a nazi coup\n– complain about repressions against his MPs\/cronies http:\/\/t.co\/4DUpQaWD7M<\/a>— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) February 22, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n Meanwhile, thousands reportedly swarmed his compound<\/a> after he fled Kiev<\/a>. Photos of his luxury villa, private zoo, boat and more are circulating on Twitter.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/nycjim\/status\/437224069318991872\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/obk\/status\/437232055995604992\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/MaximEristavi\/status\/437221248683491328\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mattfrei\/status\/437215577791545344\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mattfrei\/status\/437215985855369217\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mattfrei\/status\/437216256098598912\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mattfrei\/status\/437216717690118144\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/fedescher\/status\/437221960050044928\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/fedescher\/status\/437220326377009152\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/nycjim\/status\/437229210483298305\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Channel4News\/status\/437230250074701824\n More from journalist Matt Frei<\/a>:<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Read the whole thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n [Update]<\/p>\n The parliament has voted to remove Yanukovych from power.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mattfrei\/status\/437246821975752704\n Related:<\/p>\n Boats, zoo, and soggy documents found at Yanukovych’s abandoned luxury estate [pics]<\/a><\/p>\n Police abandon posts around Kiev; Protesters now in full control? [photos]<\/a><\/p>\n ‘They are fallin’: Monuments to Vladimir Lenin do forced faceplants in Ukraine <\/a><\/p> Read more: http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2014\/02\/22\/open-house-courtesy-of-the-revolution-people-of-kiev-swarm-yanukovychs-private-zoo-pics\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/shaunwalker7\/status\/437210990405763072 Viktor Yanukovych appears to be digging in his heels today, refusing to resign as Ukraine’s president. http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/shaunwalker7\/status\/437229297733226496 Yanukovych 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. 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