Ukraine requests international arrest warrant for Yanukovych

The ousted President is wanted in his own country for the 'mass murder' of protestors

Ukraine's interim general prosecutor said today that Kiev has requested an international arrest warrant for ousted president Viktor Yanukovych, who is wanted within his own crisis-hit country over the "mass murder" of protesters.

Oleg Makhnytsky told reporters in Kiev that Yanukovych, who vanished over the weekend following a week of deadly clashes in the capital, was "the subject of an international arrest warrant", although it was as yet unclear whether authorities had made a formal demand to Interpol.