Read more : Ukraine protests - 5 things you need to know . NEW : `` No time should be lost '' in defusing crisis , Biden tells Yanukovych . Government pledges amnesty , end to anti-protest laws . Jailed Yulia Tymoshenko calls on opposition to stand firm . Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich has been forced from office after months of street protests against his decision to spurn a trade deal with the European Union and turn instead toward Moscow.
NEW : `` No time should be lost '' in defusing crisis , Biden tells Yanukovych . Government pledges amnesty , end to anti-protest laws . Jailed Yulia Tymoshenko calls on opposition to stand firm . Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich has been forced from office after months of street protests against his decision to spurn a trade deal with the European Union and turn instead toward Moscow.