declares himself winner and takes a symbolic oath of office at a parliament special session, boycotted by pro-government MP s. Crowds of around 200,000 Yushchenko supporters rally outside the parliament building in Kiev . Freedom House releases a statement saying that the runoff election was "tainted by massive voter fraud." Russia n Foreign Ministry expresses "extreme concern" about the disobedience actions by the Ukrainian opposition. (BBC)(Reuters)(FH)
---The city governments of Lviv , Ternopil , Vinnytsia and Ivano-Frankivsk announce their support for Yushchenko. A crowd estimated at 200,000 surrounds the Parliament building in Kiev , calling for Yanukovych to step down. (The Guardian)
