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President Yanukovych's planned trip to Moscow worries Ukrainians at the EuroMaidan protests in Kyiv. They are warning him against signing any deals with Russia that could harm Ukrainian ties with the EU. 

Some like Korol have come a long way. The bakery owner is from
Ivano-Frankivsk, 600 kilometers west of Kyiv. “My friends and I rented a
bus and came for one day,” he said. “We want Yanukovych and his
government to resign,” he said.

Many of those who have been protesting in Kyiv for the past four weeks
come from the western parts of Ukraine, where the majority is strongly
in favor of closer ties to the EU. Protests have also taken place in
western Ukrainian towns and cities. “We provided them with food,” Korol
said.

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