Yushchenko praised supporters in Kyiv's Independence Square for weeks of peaceful protests, that ended with the Supreme Court ruling the 21 November poll was fraudulent and that the new election must be held.
Yushchenko said his supporters should thank themselves. He said they are helping him "peacefully, beautifully, elegantly, and without any drops of blood" change Ukraine.
Yushchenko, in a statement posted on his website, pledged today to maintain good relations with Russia. He said that, if elected, his first official trip will be to Russia.
More than 12,000 foreign observers have been registered as poll observers.
(AP/AFP)
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Yushchenko said his supporters should thank themselves. He said they are helping him "peacefully, beautifully, elegantly, and without any drops of blood" change Ukraine.
Yushchenko, in a statement posted on his website, pledged today to maintain good relations with Russia. He said that, if elected, his first official trip will be to Russia.
More than 12,000 foreign observers have been registered as poll observers.
(AP/AFP)
[For more RFE/RL coverage and analysis of the political crisis in Ukraine, click here.]
