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Ok, here goes; I have been teaching here for 3 months, the Ukraine held an election on Sunday and the opposition candidate Victor Youschenko won according to the exit polls and other information but there was wide spread fraud and the government who supported the other candidate, said that he won. The masses of people here do not believe it for a minute (Youachenko beat Yanakovic here in the Chernivtsi region 75% to 25%! and this happened in many regions all over the Ukraine)

As I write this at 4:30 pm on Tuesday night the Narada (like our senate) is meeting in Kiev to decide if the election results were fraudulent (this meeting ended because the opposition candidates people who support Yanakovich refused to show up, there were not enough members there to hold a vote so nothing happened, NOT a good sign. Even so it would have been symbolic anyway seeing as the president (who supports the other candidate Yanakovich, a convicted felon who has been imprisoned twice has the final say as to the election being fraudulent).

There are at least 400,000 people protesting in Kiev today and it is being broadcast live on channel 5, the opposition channel.

Surprisingly, channel 5 has been inundated with "technical problems" in the way of someone trying to jam their signal but even when the picture is fuzzy, you can still see everything that is happening (frankly, I am surprised the government has not pulled the plug on the channel). The demonstrations have been peaceful, and they are having an effect upon many cities. The secret police in Kiev said that the people had the right to public demonstrations as long as they were peaceful and they have been. Word has it that Kuchma the president is out of the country (I have been told he has gone to Russia of all places. This comes as no surprise given the fact that President Putin called to "congratulate" Yanakovich on his fraudulent presidential win.

Today, almost EVERY major and minor city throughout the Ukraine has massive demonstrations going on. Right now in Downtown Chernivtsi where I am there are at least 10,000 to 20,000 people voicing their support for Victor Youschenko (someone reported a number of up to 40,000 people in Chernivtsi but that seems too high (but I could be wrong).

ALL of the universities are closed and people of all ages are out in the street calling for the election results to be overturned. Please continue to keep the Ukraine in prayer, the very future of the democracy here is at stake and by the grace of God, I am here witnessing history in the making.