烏克蘭對亞努科維奇發出逮捕令

Ukraine has issued an arrest warrant for ousted president Viktor Yanukovych, accusing him and other officials of mass murder of protesters.

Acting interior minister Arsen Avakhov announced the warrant in a Facebook statement Monday. He said Mr. Yanukovych was last seen in the pro-Russian Crimea region of Ukraine, but the ousted leader's exact whereabouts are not clear.

Meanwhile, European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton travels Monday to Ukraine where she is due to meet with new interim leaders who want their country to forge closer ties with the EU.

There is split support in the country between those who want Ukraine to favor relations with Europe and those who want closer ties with Russia. Ousted president Yanukovych backed out of a trade deal with the EU in November, setting off protests that led to him being kicked out of office.

Parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchynov became Ukraine's interim president Sunday. He highlighted the demonstrations in Kyiv's Independence Square and stressed the plan to embrace the EU in an address Sunday night.烏克蘭已向被推翻的總統亞努科維奇發出逮捕令,指責他和其他官員大規模殺害抗議民衆。

代理內務部長阿爾森·阿瓦科夫星期一在臉書(Facebook)上發表的一份聲明宣佈了頒發逮捕令的消息。他說，人們最後一次看到亞努科維奇時，他在親俄羅斯的烏克蘭克什米爾地區，不過這位被趕下臺的前烏克蘭領導人具體在什麼地方，目前還不得而知。

與此同時，歐盟外交政策主管凱瑟琳·阿什頓星期一前往烏克蘭。她計劃會晤新的臨時領導層，他們希望和歐盟發展更緊密的關係。

烏克蘭國內兩派分裂，有的支持同歐盟發展關係，有的希望靠攏俄羅斯。去年11月，總統亞努科維奇退出了與歐盟的一項貿易協議，隨即引發了抗議風潮，亞努科維奇最終被趕下了臺。

星期日，議長亞歷山大·圖奇諾夫出任烏克蘭臨時總統。在星期日夜晚的一次講話中，他特別提到了基輔獨立廣場的示威，並強調說，烏克蘭計劃向歐盟靠近。