Yuschenko triumphant at last
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.
“Now, today, the Ukrainian people have won. I congratulate you,” he told a jubilant crowd last night in Kiev’s Independence Square, the centre of massive protests following the last month’s presidential runoff that was annulled after fraud allegations.
