Head of opposition UDAR (Punch) party &lt;a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Vitali+Klitschko&amp;family=editorial&amp;specificpeople=206402 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'&gt;Vitali Klitschko&lt;/a&gt; gestures as he speaks during a mass opposition rally on Independence Square in Kiev on February 9, 2014. An estimated 70,000 pro-Western Ukrainians thronged the heart of Kiev on February 9 vowing never to give up their drive to oust President Viktor Yanukovych for his alliance with old master Russia. Wearing blue and yellow ribbons -- the colours of both Ukraine and the European Union -- the crowd sreceived a religious blessing before opposition leaders took to a podium on Independence Square in a bid to ratchet up pressure on Yanukovych to appoint a new pro-Western government. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY