Yuri Lutsenko, a onetime field commander of Ukraine’s 2004 Orange Revolution, looked out across the tens of thousands of people who gathered on Sunday to protest the government’s decision to back away from a far-reaching political and trade deal with the European Union. Standing onstage under an ash-streaked sky, Mr. Lutsenko felt a powerful sense of déjà vu — and a deep need to apologize.
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Yuriy Lutsenko leaves the stage on European Square in Kyiv on Nov. 24 as his wife Iryna looks onto the stage. Lutsenko apologized to Ukrainians for failure to carry out the promises of the Orange Revolution.
