Protesters gathered outside Ukraine’s government headquarters in Kiev today to prevent Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych convening the Cabinet.

Pressure is mounting on Ukrainian election loser Viktor Yanukovych to concede defeat today, after it emerged that opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko won the bitter presidential race by more than two million votes.

Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko celebrated his apparently decisive triumph in Ukraine’s protracted presidential contest today, thanking the protesters who spent weeks camped out in the capital’s frigid streets for securing his electoral victory and the nation’s freedom.