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A new era dawned in Ukraine on Sunday when parliament appointed a pro-Western interim leader after impeaching a defiant president Viktor Yanukovych, whose whereabouts remain a mystery following a week of carnage.
The ex-Soviet state's bloody three-month crisis culminated in a dizzying flurry of historic changes over the weekend that saw parliament oust the pro-Russian Yanukovych and call a presidential election for May 25.
Lawmakers then went a step further by approving the release from her seven-year jail sentence of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko -- a star of the 2004 Orange Revolution who was thrown behind bars less than a year after Yanukovych came to power in 2010.
The city's police presence vanished and protesters took control of everything from traffic management to protection of government buildings after a week of bloodshed that claimed nearly 100 lives.
Lawmakers voted on Sunday to name close Tymoshenko ally Oleksandr Turchynov as interim president with the task of forming a new government by Tuesday.
Meanwhile, new interior minister Arsen Aviakov announced the launch of a probe into police involvement in the "execution" of protesters in a week of carnage that turned the heart of Kiev into a war zone.
"We condemn Yanukovych's cowardice and decision to flee," the Regions Party said in a statement. "We condemn treason."
Parliament also voted to dimiss Ukraine's Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara after sacking the federal police chief and prosecutor general on Saturday
Yanukovych's marble-lined mansion outside Kiev, with its vast car collection and golden toilet fixtures was open for public viewing on Saturday. It has been handed over to the state.
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