#Yanukovych to Ukrainian people: Reject this government. It's not too late.
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) February 28, 2014
Yanukovych says Tymoshenko cost Ukraine $20bn with the disputed gas deal "and she knows that perfectly well"
— max seddon (@maxseddon) February 28, 2014
#Klitschko: “Yanukovych should be returned to Ukraine and held accountable” http://t.co/1pWzLugGk1
— УДАР Віталія Кличка (@udarKlichko) February 28, 2014
Yanukovych claims he hadn't seen expert reviews showing risks posed by EU agreement until the last moment
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) February 28, 2014
"We see theatrical performance involving insurgents&authors of this bloody scenario that was not written in #Ukraine" pic.twitter.com/1ben1qUPfd
— Paulina Leonovich (@Polly_evro) February 28, 2014
Moderator refers to Yanukovych as "the President," says he doesn't have much more than an hour to talk. What, he's got somewhere to be?
— Simon Shuster (@shustry) February 28, 2014
Ukrainians on Instagram react to Yanukovych presser. Via @novaya_gazeta pic.twitter.com/fjLtxTOWz3
— max seddon (@maxseddon) February 28, 2014
Germany, France, and Poland say they're "deeply concerned" over developments in Ukraine's Crimea region and have called on all sides to do "everything to reduce tensions" and promote dialogue.
The appeal came in a joint statement on February 28 by the foreign ministers of the three EU countries.
The three ministers played a key role in negotiations on the agreement signed one week ago by ousted President Viktor Yanukovych and the former opposition aimed at ending Ukraine's deadly unrest.
Yanukovych fled Kyiv a short time after the signing and the deal, which called for early presidential elections and a unity government, has not been implemented.
On February 28, the EU's executive body, the European Commission, on all parties involved in the Ukrainian crisis to show "maximum restraint" and respect Ukraine's territorial integrity and unity. (AFP, dpa, Reuters)
The head of Ukraine's Security Council says two airports in Crimea are "de facto" under Ukrainian control, despite attempts by armed men to seize them on February 28.
Andriy Parubiy said armed men had set up checkpoints outside the airports.
Ukraine's interior minister, Arsen Avakov, previouslysaid the airports in Sevastopol, where Russia's Black Sea Fleet is based, and the regional capital, Simferopol, were controlled by Russian navy troops.
The Ukrainian parliament urged Moscow to halt moves that could undermine Ukrainian national sovereignty.
The Black Sea Fleet denied its troops had moved into the airports, and the Russian Foreign Ministry said it considers events in Crimea the result of internal political differences.
Tensions have been rising in Crimea, which has a majority ethnic Russian population, since the ouster of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych.
Earlier on February 28, Ukraine called for a UN Security Council meeting to consider the situation in Crimea, after describing the seizure of the two airports as a "military invasion" by Russian forces. (Reuters, AP, Interfax)