CCTV: Footage purports to show Yanukovich escaping palace in helicopter

Subscribe to ITN News: CCTV footage reportedly shows Ukrainian President Yanukovich leaving his suburban residence in a helicopter, just hours before he was ousted. The footage, aired on the country's Channel 5, is said to have been filmed on Friday, and shows people loading luggage onto a helicopter before a man, a woman and a dog get out of a car. Yanukovich, 63, fled into hiding after three months of protests in the capital Kiev led to his dismissal on Saturday. While his whereabouts were still unknown on Sunday, his powers were temporarily to newly-designated parliament speaker Oleksander Turchinov. Report by Sophie Foster.Like us on Facebook: us on Twitter: us on Google+: stories from ITN:Polish foreign minister to Ukraine protest leader: You'll all be dead: robbery fail- Suspect drops thousands of dollars: Sniper and riot police filmed opening fire at protesters: moment Pussy Riot are violently attacked by police: rescue: Firefighter grabs woman jumping off building: footage of Ethiopian Airline flight: this the world's weirdest hotel?: marijuana employees are in demand in the US: Interview interrupted by tree falling into river: New Zealand's 'sexualised' in-flight video criticised: fall off tightrope 10,000 feet in the air: sinkhole swallows vintage Corvettes: captures aerial views of flooding along River Thames: goes 50 mph on the wrong side of the highway: wave soaks police officers at the beach: 2013's Most Watched Videos: our Biggest Videos of All Time: