Feb 22, 2014 0 Comments Infidel Alie
Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) – Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was released from prison Saturday as President Viktor Yanukovych vowed not to step down or leave the country.
Tymoshenko’s release was the latest in a day of dramatic, fast-paced developments that saw the Parliament vote to remove Yanukovych from office and call for new elections.
“Today, Ukraine has finished with this terrible dictator, Mr. Yanukovych,” Tymoshenko told a cheering crowd of thousands in Kiev’s Independence Square, the scene of deadly demonstrations.
Just hours after her release from a prison hospital, Tymoshenko called for justice for protesters killed in the demonstrations.
“You were able to change Ukraine, and you can do everything,” she told the crowd. “Everyone has a right to take part in building a European, independent state.”
But Yanukovych took to the air and insisted he would not resign or leave the country.
He spoke in Kharkiv, a pro-Russian stronghold, as the nation’s Parliament voted to hold new elections on May 25.
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