People wave Russian flags as they protest in the center of the southern Ukrainian city of Sevastopol, the main base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, on February 23, 2014. Some 10,000 pro-Russias protesters gathered in the southern port city of Sevastopol to denounce the opposition that is now in control of parliament in Kiev. A new era dawned in Ukraine on February 23 when parliament appointed a pro-Western interim leader after impeaching a defiant president Viktor Yanukovych, whose whereabouts remain a mystery following a week of carnage after months of mostly peaceful protests. AFP PHOTO/ VASILIY BATANOV