Sources: BBC
Ukrainian economist and writer Oleksandr Turchynov is voted Speaker of the Parliament, and in that capacity acting President of Ukraine. 2014-02-22
Protesters claim control of the capital Kyiv with reports that President Viktor Yanukovych has fled to eastern Ukraine. 2014-02-22
The Ukrainian parliament votes to free Yulia Tymoshenko, the former prime minister jailed for more than two years for what supporters say are politically tainted charges. She is released later in the day. 2014-02-22
The Ukrainian parliament votes to remove President Viktor Yanukovych from his position. From his current base in Kharkiv, Yanukovych denounces the events in Kyiv as a "coup". 2014-02-22
The mayor of Kyiv, Volodymyr Makeyenko, announces he is stepping down from his post and leaving the Ukraine's ruling party Party of Regions. 2014-02-20
After protesters had resisted the police, opposition and President Viktor Yanukovych hold talks and reach a truce. The toll of riots over the past couple of days is at least 25 dead and 241 injured. 2014-02-19
Anti-government protesters in Ukraine end a two-month occupation of Kyiv’s city hall, following an amnesty offer aimed at easing a standoff over President Viktor Yanukovych’s rule. 2014-02-16
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov submits his resignation to President Viktor Yanukovich "for the sake of a peaceful settlement of the conflict." 2014-01-28
Parliament repeals anti-protest laws which had led to protests. 2014-01-28
Anti-government protesters topple the last surviving statue of Communist leader Vladimir Lenin in central Kiev. 2013-12-8