Ukraine's interim general prosecutor said today that Kiev has requested an international arrest warrant for ousted president Viktor Yanukovych, who is wanted within his own crisis-hit country over the "mass murder" of protesters.
Oleg Makhnytsky told reporters in Kiev that Yanukovych, who vanished over the weekend following a week of deadly clashes in the capital, was "the subject of an international arrest warrant", although it was as yet unclear whether authorities had made a formal demand to Interpol.
