Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has flown out of Kyiv to visit Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv to attend the meeting, the U.S. Department of State reported referring to acting foreign minister of Ukraine.
“Our information, and I talked to the foreign minister about half an hour ago, is that President Yanukovych has gone out to Kharkiv… to some kind of a meeting that is taking place out there, and that he has now arrived,” the official side said.
“As you know, it is not unusual after he makes large political moves for him to visit the east, where his base is,” the official said.
