Post-election developments in Ukraine

Ukrainian forces ceded a strategic eastern airport to pro-Russian insurgents on Sept. 1 as the government in Kiev accused Moscow of launching a "great war" that could claim tens of thousands of lives.

The self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" intends to start integration with Russia's customs union and to gradually exit Ukraine's legislative scope, an official says.

Andrey Purgin, First Deputy Prime Minister of the "Republic", cited Ukraine's decision to sign an Association Agreement with the EU to be among the reasons for this move.

The self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" has declared martial law to cleanse its territory of Ukrainian troops, its leadership said Monday.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin announced he will respect the results of the presidential elections to be held Sunday in Ukraine.

At an economic conference in the city of St Petersburg he described the current situation in Ukraine as a "full-scale civil war".

Violence erupted Sunday in several eastern Ukrainian cities, as pro-Russian demonstrators seized government buildings.

Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has called for referendums to be held across the country.

Yanukovych has said that "every region" should determine its status within Ukraine, as Russia's ITAR-TASS agency quoted him as saying.

The formation of an interim government is expected on Tuesday in Ukraine, as Parliament Speaker and Interim President Olexandr Turchynov revealed.

In Kiev, the Parliament has been dismounting the political system, dismissing ministers from cabinet, constitutional judges and Ukraine's General Prosecutor, Russian Information Agency Novosti reports.

Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been placed on the wanted list, in order to be tried for mass killings.

The offices of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych have been left unguarded, with opposition protesters in full control of the government district.

The capital city of Kiev remains calm, a day after deal was signed to end a political crisis in which dozens have died, the BBC reports.