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Thousands of protesters poured into Kyiv's Independence Square, the centre of Ukraine's pro-West Orange Revolution, to demand that the government reverse course and sign a landmark agreement with the European Union.

It came a day after leaders stunned the nation by saying they were pulling out of the deal.

Braving freezing rain, up to 3,000 people voiced their desire to move back towards the West and away from the Moscow-aligned course on which President Viktor Yanukovych was taking the country. 

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