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Ukraine's acting interior minister said on Monday that authorities were in pursuit of the ousted president, Viktor F. Yanukovych, who is said to be in Crimea in the south of the country, and that he will be arrested on charges of mass murder in the killings of dozens of antigovernment protesters last week. Minister Arsen Avakaov, who was appointed by parliament on Saturday, wrote on his Facebook page that he was personally involved in the manhunt and had traveled to the Crimean city of Sevastopol on Sunday night hoping to intercept him at the airport, but the president had not turned up as expected. The now acting president said that Yanukovych had fled in an unknown direction. The security situations seem to have improved on Monday with regular law enforcement bodies and some antigovernment fighters sharing responsibility  for guarding government buildings and directing traffic. Mr. Yanukovych and his family got a great deal of wealth during his term and had access to at least  1 yacht that might ferry him out of the country.