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Liveblog of developments in the Ukraine
BBC:14:35: Ukraine's president says he will not resign and likens the country's political crisis to the rise of the Nazis.
14:43: In an interview, Ukraine's President Yanukovych says his car was shot at, although he showed no sign of injury. "I am not afraid. I feel sorrow for my country," he told UBR television. The interview is thought to have been conducted in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv.
15:02: The head of Ukraine's armed forces says the military will not get involved in the political unrest, Interfax-Ukraine news agency reports. Yuriy Ilyin, Chief of the General Staff, said in a statement: "The armed forces personnel remain at their normal peacetime locations and perform their routine functions."
15:23: More on that decision by Ukraine's parliament to dismiss President Yanukovych. MPs declared him constitutionally unable to carry out his duties. After the vote, some then stood, applauded and sang the national anthem.
