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To: mishedlo who wrote (16744)	11/24/2004 11:35:55 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 116555

Opposition approaches showdown with militia; soldiers being tranferred into Kyiv Nov 24, 14:57 Militiamen and ‘tourists’ arrive at Central Election Commission; dozens of troop helicopters flying into capital from eastern cities (Korrespondent.net and Post Staff) - Around 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 24 dozens of buses full of militiamen and unknown citizens started pulling up on Lesi Ukrainky Blvd. in central Kyiv, near the Central Election Commission (CEC). At that time tens of thousands of supporters of opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko were approaching the CEC from the other side of the city, where they were massed in and around Maidan Nezalezhnosti. From the windows of the Post’s offices, at least 22 buses were visible. The buses all had their windowshades drawn. Journalists on the street, however, were able to peer into them and see militiamen wearing flak jackets and carrying riot gear. The buses also contained people of unknown origin wearing civilian clothes. Dumptrucks full of sound and snow, meanwhile, have been arrayed around the CEC. When approached, the people in the buses turned away and refused to engage in conversation. The buses have confounded trolleybus traffic on this tense, snowy afternoon as the city braces for possible violence. In the middle of the road stand people handing out small flags bearing the symbol of opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko to passing motorists. Many motorists are taking them, while others are honking their horns and flashing their lights. Channel 5 and other media are reporting that bloodshed could occur in the city in the near future as the mass of opposition protesters – which Post reporters downtown have estimated at almost a million – meet the militiamen and “tourists” mobilized by the government. Sources report that Kyiv's Borispyl airport has played host to a continuous stream of air troop convoys from Ukraine's east, in particular Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk. Both city's are part of the core of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych's support. Sources report that a column of about 20 to 30 trucks are moving along Solomenska toward the city center; and that along Krasnozvezdnaya a “huge column of cars full of soldiers” are moving toward the bus terminal. Hundreds of buses full of unknown people who refused to engage in dialogue with journalists and explain the reason for their coming to Kyiv have appeared in the capital over the last several days. As the mass media has reported, they are probably supporters of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych whom the government is bussing in from the country’s eastern regions. Kyiv is also full of hundreds of militiamen and special forces. Sources are also reporting that many soldiers from Ukraine’s regions are being relocated to Kyiv. Defense Minister Oleksandr Kuzmuk denies these charges. In particular, sources in the city of Alexandry reported to us today that a helicopter regiment has been dispatched to the capital.