Ukrainian interim leader to complete government
Ukraine's interim President Olexander Turchynov is due to form a unity government, days after the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych.
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Senior Western diplomats are continuing talks in Kiev with the interim leadership, while the US and UK are to discuss emergency financial assistance.
The US has yet to endorse the new leader, but says "Mr Yanukovych is no longer actively leading the country".
An arrest warrant has been issued for Mr Yanukovych, who has disappeared.
Acting Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said a criminal case had been opened against the ousted president and other officials over "mass murder of peaceful citizens".
Mr Yanukovych was last reported seen on Sunday in Balaklava on the Crimean peninsula - an autonomous region where the majority of the population is ethnically Russian.
Dozens of people were killed in clashes between anti-Yanukovych protesters and riot police last week.
British investigators have told the BBC they are operating on the ground in Ukraine to help establish who was responsible for the most deadly day of violence last Thursday.
They say they are gathering evidence which could be used to prosecute suspects.
They refused to reveal their identities or who had tasked them with the investigation, saying it was a politically sensitive issue.
'People's government'
Mr Turchynov has promised that his coalition administration will be a "government of the people".
His ally, former PM Yulia Tymoshenko, who was released from jail on Saturday, has ruled out becoming prime minister. But her spokeswoman said she had not yet decided whether to run for the presidency.
In the eastern city of Kharkiv, where Mr Yanukovych has enjoyed support, the head of the regional state administration has said he will run for the presidency.
Speaking on Kanal 5 TV, Mykhaylo Dobkin, gave as his reason "the fact that a total attack on the rights of the Russian-speaking population is under way, that laws are being adopted that threaten all those who do not accept fascism and Nazism".
Mr Dobkin has been under pressure from local demonstrators to quit.
On Monday, Russia issued its strongest response yet to the ousting of Mr Yanukovych, questioning the legitimacy of the Western-leaning interim leadership.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said they had conducted an "armed mutiny".
