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Both the state publication RIA Novosti and Moscow-based radio broadcaster Vladimir Varfolomeev report that Yanukovych will deliver a speech tomorrow from the Russian town of Rostov-on-Don, just over the eastern border.

The Romanian Revolution was swifter and more violent than the other Eastern Bloc revolutions of 1989. It began on Dec. 15 in Timisoara, when demonstrations support of dissident priest Lazlo Tokes rapidly fomented widespread protest.

Ceausescu ordered the military and police to open fire on the demonstrators, about 100 of whom were killed. Their deaths incited further protests across the nation.

On Dec. 21, Ceausescu delivered a speech condemning the Timisoara demonstrations in front of over 100,000 people in Bucharest. During the speech, which was televised on state television, some in the crowd began chanting anti-government slogans and booing. Ceausescu became visibly frustrated, and his speech was cut short.

“It is as if, in that moment, everyday Romanian's saw the possibility, saw the reality of the weakness of Ceausescu’s regime,” according to the Center for History & New Media. “Those moments of Ceausescu’s weakness and the power of popular pressure explain why, a mere 48 hours later, Ceausescu was attempting to flee Romania, all power lost.”

The following day, violence erupted on the streets of Bucharest. Senior generals gave up their support for Ceausescu, and the remaining loyal sections of the army and Securitate were overrun. As crowds stormed Communist Party headquarters, senior officials directed the Ceausescus to escape by helicopter; the shaken couple was said to be carried aboard by bodyguards shortly after noon.

The helicopter was forced to land before it could reach its intended destination because of reports that the army would shoot it down. Two bodyguards hijacked a car and attempted to drive the couple to safety, but they were spotted near Tergoviste and arrested at about 3:30 p.m.

Violence continued in Bucharest over the next several days, as “terrorists,” said to be Ceausescu loyalists, continued to fire at revolutionaries. Over 1,100 people were killed during the revolution, most in the days after Ceausescu was ousted.

Shortly before being appointed as head of the crisis-hit country's national unity government, Arseny Yatseniuk said $37bn (£22bn) had disappeared "in an unknown direction", while $70bn (£42bn) had been siphoned out of the economy into offshore accounts.