Ukraine's acting
interior minister has said the elite Berkut police unit, blamed for the deaths
of protesters, has been disbanded.
Arsen Avakov said
further details would be given in a briefing on Thursday.
Meanwhile, there are
continuing international divisions over the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych,
reports BBC.
On Wednesday Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on other countries to condemn
"nationalist and neo-fascist" sentiment in western Ukraine.
Mr Lavrov called on the
OSCE to condemn "calls to ban the Russian language, to turn the
Russian-speaking population into 'non-citizens' and to restrict freedom of
expression," Reuters reports.
Russia has portrayed the
ousting of Mr Yanukovych as a violent seizure of power by the opposition, and
has expressed concern about the role of far-right parties in the protests
against him.
Many Russian-speaking
residents in the south and east of Ukraine have protested against the actions
of the interim authorities.
In the Crimean port city
Sevastopol on Tuesday, some people replaced the Ukrainian flag on a local
government building with a Russian flag.
Mr Lavrov has said
Russia's "policy of non-intervention" would continue.
