KIEV: An estimated 70,000 pro-Western Ukrainians thronged the heart of Kiev vowing never to give up their drive to oust President Viktor Yanukovych over his alliance with old master Russia.

Opposition leaders addressed a crowd of supporters wearing blue and yellow ribbons -- the colours of both Ukraine and the European Union -- on the central Independence Square in a bid to ratchet up pressure on Yanukovych to appoint a new pro-Western government.

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