Presidents of Ukraine

Ukraine will request financial assistance from the West, which could amount to USD 35 B.

The country's interim Finance Minister Yuriy Kolobov urged the United States and the European Union to decide on a financial rescue plan within the next 2 weeks, RIA Novosti reports.

Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been placed on the wanted list, in order to be tried for mass killings.

Russia withdraws ambassador from Kiev

KIEV -- As reported by the BBC, Russia has decided to withdraw its ambassador from Kiev, while EU High Representative Catherine Ashton is expected to arrive in Ukraine.

According to this report, Russia made the decision because of the deteriorating situation in Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Parliament has named Oleksandr Turchynov as the interim President on Sunday, according to the BBC.

On Saturday, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) named Turchynov as the acting Prime Minister and speaker of Parliament, after voting out President Viktor Yanukovych.

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych disproved news of his resignation in televised interview Saturday.

Yanukovych said that parliament speaker Volodymyr Rybak was attacked and that lawmakers from his Party of Regions defected due to threats made against them, KyivPost reports.

During an emergency session of parliament on Saturday, 314 out of 450 lawmakers voted to elect opposition leader Oleksandr Turchynov as Ukraine's acting prime minister.

In another sign of how the nation is changing power, parliament has appointed Arsen Avakov as Ukraine's acting interior minister.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych allegedly arrived in Kharkiv in the early hours of Saturday.

Yanukovych is supposed to take part in a congress of lawmakers from southeastern regions of Ukraine on Saturday, a source with knowledge of the situation told Interfax.

Ukrainian Parliament voted to free ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko from prison by decriminalizing the article in the criminal procedural code under which she was convicted.

A constitutional majority of 310 lawmakers voted for the measure, the KyivPost reprorts.

The offices of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych have been left unguarded, with opposition protesters in full control of the government district.

The capital city of Kiev remains calm, a day after deal was signed to end a political crisis in which dozens have died, the BBC reports.

Authorities and opposition sign agreement

KIEV -- Ukraine's president and opposition representatives have signed an agreement that should end the several-months long crisis in that country.

The political crisis this week escalated into deadly violence in the streets Kiev.