Saturday may have marked a turning point in the extended and often violent struggle between protesters in Kiev, Ukraine, and the country's embattled president, Viktor Yanukovych.
After a deadly week of fighting, protesters took control of much of the city's government quarter, and seized a presidential estate just outside Kiev, as Yanukovych reportedly fled Kiev and possibly even Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukraine's Parliament voted to impeach Yanukovych, and to hold early elections on May 25.
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Christopher Miller has the full report for Mashable. Scroll through the latest photos from Kiev on Saturday, below.
People walk on the territory of Ukrainian President Yanukovych's countryside residence in Mezhyhirya, Kiev's region, Ukraine, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Ukrainian security and volunteers from among Independence Square protesters have joined forces to protect the presidential countryside retreat from vandalism and looting.
A protester waves an EU flag at the Ukrainian President Yanukovych's country residence in Mezhyhirya, Kiev's region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.
A protester guards the entrance to Ukrainian President Yanukovych's countryside residence in Mezhyhirya, Kiev's region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.
Protesters relax at Ukrainian President Yanukovych's countryside residence in Mezhyhirya, Kiev's region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.
An anti-government protester tries to protect suspected supporters of Ukraine's embattled president Viktor Yanukovych from getting assaulted in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Fears that Ukraine could split in two mounted Saturday as regional lawmakers in the pro-Russian east questioned the authority of the national parliament. Protesters took control of Ukraine's capital and parliament sought to oust the president.
Anti-government protesters shout as a suspected supporter of Ukraine's embattled president Viktor Yanukovych is assaulted in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.
People wave Ukrainian flags as they enter Ukrainian President Yanukovych's countryside-residence in Mezhyhirya, Kiev's region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.
Protesters stand guard in front of a presidential administrative building in central Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Protesters in the Ukrainian capital claimed full control of the city Saturday following the signing of a Western-brokered peace deal aimed at ending the nation's three-month political crisis. The nation's embattled president, Viktor Yanukovych, reportedly had fled the capital for his support base in Ukraine's Russia-leaning east.
A woman walks past a column of protesters with shields and sticks moving towards the parliament building in central Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Ukraine's embattled president is calling the country's political crisis a coup and says it resembles the rise of Nazis in the 1930s. Viktor Yanukovych also says he has no intention of resigning or leaving the country.
A protester poses next to an captured armored vehicle, in central Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.
Men shout slogans during mourning for protesters killed in recent clashes, in central Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.
Protesters react at Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's countryside residence, in Mezhyhirya, Kiev's region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb, 22, 2014.