On 22 February 2014, the
Ukrainian parliament voted to remove him from his post and schedule new elections on the grounds that he "has restrained himself from performing his constitutional duties" and effectively resigned,
[17] rather than by following the impeachment process for criminal acts under Article 108 of the
Ukrainian constitution.
[18] Parliament set 25 May as the date for the special election to select his replacement,
[18][19][20][21] and, two days later,
issued a warrant for his arrest, accusing him of "mass killing of civilians."[22]