As Yulia Tymoshenko prepared to speak at a press conference in Kiev on Sunday evening, it had already become clear that she had not manage to achieve the majority she hoped for in Ukraine's presidential runoff election. Exit polls indicated that she trailed her rival Viktor Yanukovych by several percentage points.
Dressed in a brilliant white dress with a large shiny brooch, she strode energetically up to the podium, making her way through a throng of supporters and journalists. "I am convinced," she told the crowd, "that the majority of citizens have voted for a democratic, European and strong Ukraine."
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