they voted in oleksandr turchynov on sunday following theousster of viktor yanukovych. turchynov takes the reins. others seeking closer ties with the european union. t turchynov promises to move ukraine more toward europe, something the u.s. supports. >> let them determine their own future and a partition of ukraine is totally unacceptable and we need to act immediately to give them the economic assistance that they need based on rae forms that are going to be required. >> but russia calls the power shift in ukraine illegal saying it disregards the peace deal signed friday. the state department is sending its official numbers this week. the u.s. is warning russia not to act with military force. >> that would be a grave mistake. that's not in anybody's interest to see the country split. it's in knob's interest to see violence escalate. >> he wants good relations. he hopes to swear in a new government tomorrow. now, the ouster of president yanukovych is raising a lot of speculation that the former plt who wasn't recently leased from prison may make a new play for power. it

interim president oleksandr turchynov was a government in place by the end of the day.oscow describes the circumstances surrounding the new government as an armed mutiny. the european union is offering opposition leader support. u.n. foreign policy chief has been meeting them in the u.n. to discuss stabilizing the economy. andrew simmonds has been monitoring developments. >> in the aftermath of violence in the scare, this will be a moment us day with the formation of a government, a caretaker prime minister, if you will, and the start of a presidential campaign elections for a new head of state. the likely choice for prime minister is soon to be alsani yatanyuk. he's up against petro-porashanko. that prime minister will put forward nominations of ministers in the cabinet. a raft of measures are expected. there's a fast pace to events, including trying to get justice against the former head of state, viktor yanukovych. his whereabouts are still unknown. he's wanted for mass murder along with a number of other people. there are rumours about possible involvement and an es

it's being confirmed by decree that the interim president, oleksandr turchynov is head of security forces new cabinet will be presented to the crowds in independence square later. my colleague tim willcox is in tiananmen square. >> reporter: the unity government is expected to be announced tomorrow. we're expecting extraordinary scenes a little later on. the potential cabinet ministers are due to be paraded on the stage just behind me here in independence square at 7:00 local time in some sort of x factor style reality tv parade so the crowd can hear who they are and presumably cheer or boo if they are unhappy. then those cabinet ministers will be voted in or perhaps not, by parliament tomorrow. you were mentioning also that the riot police, those marksmen, the snipers who many here believe were responsible for the deaths last week, that unit is to be disbanded, and the interim president, oleksandr turchynov, will be assuming control of the armed forces. that will be quite a key moment as well because at the moment buildings here in central kiev are being guarded by the protest groups and

some cheers for oleksandr turchynov's father land party. >> translation: people are united, together. the important thing is that they feel they are engaged in the process of decision making. >> we believe that maydan fulfilled its role. peel have to defend its interests. maydan is not going home. we have to stand for what we want and demand from power that they act. that's how we'll get the future we want. >> if anyone thought following the political demise of the president, they could avoid the views of people in the square, they'd play a dangerous game. the public needs to be aware that things really are changing. >> one graphic example - the fence removed outside parliament. for the demonstrators it represented the gulf between a core up leadership and citizens. >> there's a lot of evil on the offense. people now can have ction everywhere and to the deputies, and they will no longer be like ice. >> a former president has been advising politicians here. >> every week they should be able to tell people we did this for you. one week we stopped police abusing businesses, and stopped c

the interim president, oleksandr turchynov, warned the ukraine economy was heading into the abyss. the international community ready to help. the details have yet to be a donorut but conference may be convened within two weeks. as for the country, it remains in shock at lives lost and future.n about its >> for more on the situation in spoke a short time ago with nicholas burns, former nato,an ambassador to joining me from boston. thank you very much for joining me. have dmitry medvedev saying this poses a real threat, ukraine, toning in russian interests, what do you think that might mean in terms of moscow's reaction now? >> it's not surprising to see such strong language from moscow the centuries long andural, linguistic historical relationship between russia.nd they've been together for the years and the russians are signaling they are disturbed by what happened over the weekend. will face the ofntervailing influence britain and germany and france and poland and the united states the ukrainians to let their people decide at the elections and not be separated by an eastern russia

. >> oleksandr turchynov is the acting president. he is a speaker of the parliament. he is saying he was a vote today in the parliament. so we can start negotiating with the imf and dealing with the sorry state of the economy in the ukraine. whether they actually agree on the government of national unity today, keep in mind, a lot of course trade is another matter. that is what he wants. he is a colorful guy. he wrote a film that was based on his life. he is a technocrat. and his ability to get things done. he is an ally of -- there is the film. it was nominated for the academy awards but did not make the final cut. he is an ally of yulia tymoshenko, a noted person to watch. she is one of the leaders of the opposition who spend the last two years in prison and was released on friday. she said she is is not what be considered the prime minister's post. shoes be to 50,000 people and said she would run for the presidency and then she seemed to backtrack on it. there are questions in there. and how many people really support her? there was a negative story about her daugh

acting prime minister oleksandr turchynov who took charge of the armed forces warned of signs of separatism. protests are taking place in the russian enclave of crimia. the value of ukraine's currency is plunging as they struggle to keep the country afloat. >> john kerry says the world should unit and support ukrainians and rejected suggestions of a cold war rivalry between u.s. and moscow. >> it's not a zero-some game, it's not west versus east - shut not be. it's not russia or the united states or other choices it's about people, ukrainians making their choices. we want to work with russia, other countries, everyone available to make sure this is peaceful from this day forward, because obviously the terrible violence that took place in the maydan was a shock to everyone in the world. >> tim friend joins us live from kiev. take us through the developments on the ground and what is expected to happen later today? >> sure. as you have been hearing from john kerry, what i think everyone is striving for now, not only the international community, but the people in kiev, and we are just a few hu

oleksandr turchynov warned russia against intervening, saying it would regard movements by its military was an act of aggression. let's go to rory challands in moscow. we are hearing a story about russia issuing a warning. there are tensions, no doubt about that. has this turned into a geopolitical crisis? >> well, chest-thumping, saber-rattling, posturing - call it what you will - there's a lot of it going on at the moment. russian jets on high alert, combat ready, in the western military districts which borders with ukraine. now this, according to russia's defense ministry, is part of the military drills that were began yesterday. nothing to do with what is going on in ukraine, according to the russian government. that is clearly not believed by the ukrainian interim government, which is concerned about the penalty of russian aggression. so concerned that it has warned russia that a movement of its fleet, based in crimea, would be seen by the ukrainian interim government as a sign of aggression, and the ukrainian foreign ministry summoned the russian-charged affair for immediate emerg