I am hoping that Ukrainians hold together. They are a great people, much abused over time, not least by the Russians. They deserve better than Yanukovich and his thugs.
Yanukovych has very little support from the military forces. The Ukrainian military forces are made up of forces from the Ministry of Interior (which has 20,000 military men of regular forces and 4,000 of special forces, such as Berkut) and the Ministry of Defence (which has 130,000 military men). The Minister of Defence made a statement that they will not go against people and therefore Yanukovych cannot count on them. Moreover, in different cities and regions, policemen are resigning, individually or collectively. ....... for example, the police simply felt the City Administration with the applause of the activists capturing the city hall. In Lviv, all of the Berkut forces have been dismissed. Support for protesters was also expressed by retired Generals along with ex-Security Service of Ukraine; they have condemned the attack on the protesters. ....
http://www.neweasterneurope.eu/articles-and-commentary/1063-ukraine-stands-up-against-the-regime