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Timeline of key events in Ukraine unrest

Yahoo News Canada

February 24, 2014 at 11:12 a.m.

File photo of Ukrainian President Yanukovych addressing deputies during a new session of the Parliament in Kiev

Protesters clash with riot police during a rally to support EU integration in Kiev

Ukrainian President Yanukovich gives a wink to his Russian counterpart Putin during a signing ceremony after a meeting of the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission at the Kremlin in Moscow

Interior Ministry members stand in formation in front of burning tyres set ablaze by pro-European protesters during clashes in Kiev

Ukraine's PM Azarov greets supporters of the pro-presidential Party of the Regions as they take part in a rally near the Parliament building in Kiev

Bulatov, 35, one of the leaders of anti-government protest motorcades called 'Automaidan', speaks to journalists after being found near Kiev

A protester uses a megaphone to speak to others entering the occupied Kiev city hall

Interior Ministry members are on fire, caused by molotov cocktails hurled by anti-government protesters, as they stand guard during clashes in Kiev

Ukrainian opposition leader Tymoshenko addresses anti-government protesters gathered in the Independence Square in Kiev

Newly-elected speaker of parliament Oleksander Turchinov attends a session in Kiev

A elderly man looks at a "Wanted" notice for fugitive Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich in Independence Square in Kiev

An ethnic Russian Ukrainian man holds the Crimea flag on top of an old Soviet tank during rallies near the Crimean parliament building in Simferopol

What has happened in Ukraine over the past few months? Click through the timeline to get caught up. (Text by AP, unless otherwise indicated)