Poll row threatens Ukraine unity
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Governors in eastern Ukraine say they will hold a vote on secession if the opposition leader becomes president.
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Outcome could tilt the nation toward Moscow or the West. KIEV, UKRAINE Tens of thousands of supporters of Viktor Yushchenko, who is facing Ukraine's prime minister in a tense presidential poll, thronged Kiev's ...
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Ukraine's rivals for the presidency jabbed fingers at one another and traded accusations in a heated televised debate Monday, as opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko charged his rival with stealing the November runoff election and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych repeatedly urged the formation of a unity government.
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Ukraine's rival president and prime minister forged a compromise on Sunday to hold a parliamentary election on September 30 but much work remained ahead to stage the poll and restore political stability in the ex-Soviet state.
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Ukraine's prime minister was on the verge  of victory in a presidential election on Monday but his  West-leaning rival accused the authorities of mass fraud and  told thousands of supporters to stay on the streets in protest.
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has threatened to take legal action against politicians in eastern Ukraine who are calling for the Russian-speaking part of the country to secede.
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Ukraine âs opposition is accusing supporters of pro-Kremlin prime minister and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovich of preparing armed clashes in Kiev after the repeat elections scheduled for Dec. 26.
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Ukraine's presidential candidates faced off in a tense televised debate, with opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko accusing his opponent of stealing the November runoff and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych suggesting he should have a leading role in the next government even if he loses Sunday's court-ordered rematch.
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A divided Ukraine faced the increasing prospect of a new presidential poll as parliament voted to oust the ruling government and European mediators huddled to ease a political crisis that showed few signs of abating.
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IMPASSE CONTINUES: Ukraine's parliament declared the country's disputed presidential election invalid Saturday amid international calls for a new vote.
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Ukraine headed into a third week of turmoil on Monday after presidential hopeful Viktor Yushchenko told supporters to keep up street pressure on the Moscow-backed authorities before the re-run of a rigged election.
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Foreign mediators are to join efforts to resolve Ukraine's deepening political crisis, sparked by a fiercely-disputed presidential vote which has polarised the former Soviet republic along pro-Western and pro-Russian lines.
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A tense standoff gripped Ukraine after its pro-Russia prime minister won the presidential runoff, with the opposition mounting massive protests to contest results of a vote that Washington and Europe said was rigged by the state.
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The party of Ukrainian President Yushchenko says it will pull its ministers amid a rift with the prime minister.
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Tension was high in Ukraine Saturday as the nation prepared to vote for a new president in an election that pits West against East.
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Papers in Ukraine and neighbouring countries fear the Ukrainian political crisis could descend into violence.
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The two rivals in Ukraine&#39;s re-run of a rigged presidential election clashed over relations with the West on Friday in their final pitches to voters at the close of a campaign