In Ukraine, pro-Russia gunmen have seized control of Parliament in the Crimea region, days after the ouster of the country’s democratically elected president. Russian news reports say President Viktor Yanukoych is now in Russian territory and seeking protection there. He fled Kiev following months of protest over his decision to strengthen ties with Russia, and not Europe. Russia, meanwhile, is running a second day of military exercises near the Ukrainian border. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns was in Kiev Wednesday to pledge support for the new Ukrainian government.

William Burns: “The first step, again, is the formation of a new government and an opportunity to sit down with that new government and identify the plans of the new Ukrainian government, their diagnosis of the problem, and then identify specifically what we can do to help.”