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Effectively been negotiated the, they still don t trust the president viktor yanukovych. the people are saying they re going to say here until they re pretty sure this agreement, this compromise, will be followed to the word. and some will say they ll stay here longer until president viktor yanukovych is removed from office. phil black, keep us posted. meantime, president obama is watching every move. president obama spoke to vladimir putin about the situation. that is before the president left kiev. what is the latest, alise on how washington, how the white house is watching the incremental details? reporter: obviously watching the situation on the ground to make sure that the violence stops but also looking ahead to see what the u.s. can do, hoping that the deal that was worked out between the opposition and the president yesterday can move ....
Enemy of the president. now they ve come to a resolution, without explaining why, he has unconstitutionally himself removed himself from office and calls for new presidential elections in may. now, just how legal this is, how enforceable, how realistic the results of this resolution can be put into practice is unclear at this moment. what we have confirmed, presidenti iayanukovych has lef the capital of kiev and has money to kharkiv. he s still working to end the bloodshed and stop the country splitting in two. he said moves to kick him out of office today essentially equal to an attempted ooupcoup. so although parliament has voted him out, doesn t look like he s ready to go just yet. phil black there in kiev there. we ll keep an eye on what s happening in kiev or wherever ....
Stopped for now but protesters are still taking action, toppling statues of vladimir lenin. kiev has been the center of violence for days now. phil black is there live now. phil, what is the latest? what more is the president saying and where is he exactly? reporter: sure, fredricka. let s start with breaking news first. this concerns the former prime minister of this country, yulia tymoshenko. they re saying she has been released. this is significant. she s the former prime minister of the country. sheian against yanukovych to be president in 2010. in 2011, she was prosecuted, convicted and jailed for supposedly abusing power while ....
Protesters yanked down statues of lenin who, of course, led the russian revolution. and they accused president yanukovych of wanting too close of ties with russia. we like in alise labbot. alise, the ukrainian president, we know, has left kiev. he s reportedly saying he will not resign. he s digging in. what does all of this mean at this point? reporter: well, he may be digging in, christi, but it s really unclear whether he can maintain his grip on power, because you see in the last couple of days about a third of his party in the you re cranian parliament has resigned. there are a lot of votes in the parliament that are looking to show they have support for the protesters. president yanukovych is traveling through the eastern part of the country. that s really where his political base is and part of what he s saying is to speak ....
Towards president putin and obey his instructions. vice president biden would call up and say, listen, you have to move forward. we ll help you with your economy. you re the only guy that can do this. now, we understand that deputy secretary of state william burns will be traveling to kiev next week to try to help this along, working with the european union, obviously. now that the protesters are still in the streets it s unclear the future of president yanukovych. the parliament voted out, if he refuses to go once the olympics are over and russia is out of the spotlight that he wants to protect his planche and send russian troops in, perhaps, that s a very big concern. this saul far from certain. and it s still, as the u.s. points out, still very fragile. i think the u.s. will continue to remain engaged along with the european union. alise labbot, thanks so much. appreciate that from washington. also overseas, a very rare meeting that hasn t happened for thousands of years. ....