Protesters climb the fence at the presidential palace near Kiev.
Protesters control the entrances to the palace after President Viktor F. Yanukovych fled the capital.
The palace and other once impregnable centers of power fell without a fight to throngs of joyous citizens stunned by their triumph.
Deputies enter the Parliament building in Kiev.
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The Parliament found the president unable to fulfill his duties and exercised its constitutional powers to set an election for May 25 to select his replacement.
Members of Parliament have replaced the parliamentary speaker and attorney general, appointed a new pro-opposition interior minister and voted to free jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
Police appear to have abandoned their posts across the capital as protesters in Kiev have walked unchallenged into the president's official and residential buildings.
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