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Ukrainian soldiers drink hot coffee as they warm themselves while sitting on a snowy street in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff vote on Sunday, that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to have won, her campaign said Tuesday.

An advertising hoarding advertising a popular Ukrainian TV show overlooks a pedestrian subway in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to have won, her campaign said Tuesday.

Supporters of Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych react holding his portrait during a rally in front of Central Election Commission, in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's campaign said Tuesday it plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to have won. Yanukovych's Party of Regions, meanwhile, rejected calls for further scrutiny of the election.

Supporters of Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych gather together during a rally in front of Central Election Commission, in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's campaign said Tuesday it plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to have won. Yanukovych's Party of Regions, meanwhile, rejected calls for further scrutiny of the election.

Supporters of Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych react holding his portrait during a rally in front of the Central Election Commission, in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's campaign said Tuesday it plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to have won. Yanukovych's Party of Regions, meanwhile, rejected calls for further scrutiny of the election.

A member of the Party of Regions reads a newspaper in Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has refused to concede the presidential race to opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and plans to legally challenge the results, Ukrainian and Russian media reported Tuesday. Yanukovych's Party of Regions has rejected calls for further scrutiny of the election.

Party of Regions members read newspapers in Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has refused to concede the presidential race to opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and plans to legally challenge the results, Ukrainian and Russian media reported Tuesday. Yanukovych's Party of Regions has rejected calls for further scrutiny of the election.

Supporters of Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych react waving flags of the Party of Regions during a massive rally in front of Central Election Commission, in Kiev, Ukraine,Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's campaign said Tuesday it plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to have won.Yanukovych's Party of Regions, meanwhile, rejected calls for further scrutiny of the election.

In this picture taken in Kiev, Ukraine on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, Ukraine's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko speaks to the media. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has refused to concede Ukraine's presidential race to opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian and Russian news reports said Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. The respected Ukrainskaya Pravda Web site and Russia's ITAR-Tass news agency reported that Tymoshenko told officials with her party that she will "never recognize" the legitimacy of the election.

In this picture taken in Kiev, Ukraine on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, Ukraine's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko speaks to the media. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has refused to concede Ukraine's presidential race to opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian and Russian news reports said Tuesday. The respected Ukrainskaya Pravda Web site and Russia's ITAR-Tass news agency reported that Tymoshenko told officials with her party that she will "never recognize" the legitimacy of the election. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko).

A view of a street in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, late Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. International monitors hailed Ukraine's presidential election as transparent and honest, bolstering opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych's claim of victory and leaving Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a strategic bind.

In this photo taken on Monday, Dec.28, 2009. Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych speaks during an interview to the Associated Press in Kiev, Ukraine. According to the election commission, Yanukovych is leading in Sunday's vote by 3.5 percentage points with only 0.02 percent of precincts left to count. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to have won, her campaign said Tuesday.

In this photo taken on Monday, Dec.28, 2009. Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych speaks during an interview to the Associated Press in Kiev, Ukraine. According to the election commission, Yanukovych is leading in Sunday's vote by 3.5 percentage points with only 0.02 percent of precincts left to count. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to have won, her campaign said Tuesday.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's wife, Svetlana, seen during Maslenitsa or Pancake Week celebrations with pupils of the special boarding school at the New Century horse club in Dedovsk, Moscow Region, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Maslenitsa (which means "butter" in Russian) is a traditional carnival marking the end of winter in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

A passenger reads a newspaper with election headline " Will she admit the defeat? Will he keep victory?" in a metro train in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych held fast to a narrow lead in Ukraine's presidential contest, raising pressure on Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to concede the election. But Tymoshenko, who has raised allegations of fraud and manipulation of the vote, seemed likely to resist, and to challenge the outcome in the courts if not in the streets. She planned to make a statement Monday afternoon.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev wife, Svetlana, seen during Maslenitsa or Pancake Week celebrations with pupils of the special boarding school at the New Century horse club in Dedovsk, Moscow Region, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Maslenitsa (which means "butter" in Russian) is a traditional carnival marking the end of winter in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's wife, Svetlana, seen during Maslenitsa or Pancake Week celebrations with pupils of the special boarding school at the New Century horse club in Dedovsk, Moscow Region, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Maslenitsa (which means "butter" in Russian) is a traditional carnival marking the end of winter in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev wife, Svetlana, receives a pancake during Maslenitsa or Pancake Week celebrations with pupils of the special boarding school at the New Century horse club in Dedovsk, Moscow Region, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Maslenitsa (which means "butter" in Russian) is a traditional carnival marking the end of winter in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych speaks to the media in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Exit polls showed pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych with a narrow lead Sunday in Ukraine's presidential runoff _ a result that could restore much of Moscow's influence in a country that has labored to build bridges to the West.

Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych speaks to the media in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Exit polls showed pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych with a narrow lead Sunday in Ukraine's presidential runoff _ a result that could restore much of Moscow's influence in a country that has labored to build bridges to the West.