(Reuters) - Viktor Yanukovich said on Thursday he was still president of Ukraine and warned its "illegitimate" rulers that people in the south-eastern and southern regions would never accept mob rule.
The following is the statement sent to Russian news agencies, as reported by state-run Itar-Tass and translated by Reuters:
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