After the outgoing President Leonid Kutshma declared the Governments pro-Russian candidate Victor Jankovich the winner in Ukraine's Presidential elections, in a vote declared unfree and rigged by international observers, opposition supporters of Victor Yushchenko take to the streets in Kiev in mass protests. Several hundred thousand people are occupying the central Freedom Square and several government buildings around the clock, whilst a diplomatic row has broken out between the EU, the US and Russia over who the legitimate President is. The Pro-Russian east of the country threatens separation and unification with Russia if Yushchenko becomes President.