Ukraine’s former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, addressed a cheering crowd in Kiev’s Independence Square just hours after being released from prison.
Incredible images from #Ukraine as recently freed former PM #Tymoshenko address the crowd in #Kiev "You have removed cancer from Ukraine"
— Mohamed Aseel Hassan (@aseeeel) February 22, 2014
Incredible moment: #Tymoshenko speaks in Independence Square, right now. Live video: http://t.co/cIYhju2p2A pic.twitter.com/evUZbP4Fb9
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) February 22, 2014
#BREAKING Newly freed Tymoshenko declares "dictatorship has fallen" via @AFP
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) February 22, 2014
A weeping Yulia Tymoshenko lays flowers near Maidan where protesters died. "Glory to #Ukraine, glory to the heroes," she shouts #Euromaidan
— Alexander Marquardt (@MarquardtA) February 22, 2014
BREAKING: "Heroes never die," freed former Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko tells supporters in Kiev.http://t.co/v5TEmxXE5f
— CNN International (@cnni) February 22, 2014
Breaking News: Freed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko tells protesters: 'You have the right to rule your own country'
— Olayemi Olatilewa (@OlayemiOniroyin) February 22, 2014
#Tymoshenko : "We cannot afford to pardon those who were allowed to send bullets into hearts of our young men"
— Hasan Kelani (@hasanboy_16) February 22, 2014
Yulia Tymoshenko promises #Euromaidan to bring Yanukovich & snipers to justice, not to let the country fall apart
— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) February 22, 2014
Tymoshenko is making me weep!
— Boy George (Boomer) (@BoyGeorge) February 22, 2014
#Tymoshenko #ukraineprotest. This woman is really powerful. Every country should have a few women like her. I am close to tears.
— John Opara (@johnieofficial) February 22, 2014
While certainly an historic moment, Tymoshenko’s address to the protesters is not the end of Ukraine’s political upheaval.
https://twitter.com/ranty_man/status/437320256496074752
https://twitter.com/thaddeusbest/status/437321046979784704
https://twitter.com/briciosegovia/status/437321322876928002
Did Tymoshenko stop because she was feeling ill or because of people in the audience?
— Nikolaus von Twickel ?? (@niktwick) February 22, 2014
But the people near me in #Maidan were unimpressed by Tymoshenko."She was part of the system, so she did something to create it".
— David Blair (@davidblairdt) February 22, 2014
"she's beautiful, she's been in prison, she speaks well – but it's not about her. And she's no saint" – #Maidan protester on tymoshenko
— David Blair (@davidblairdt) February 22, 2014
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