Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko says his wife and three children cannot safely remain in Kyiv, with his children kept from school ahead of a 26 December re-run election following widespread street protests.
Speaking from his dacha outside the capital, Yushchenko vowed to expose the full story behind a suspected poisoning by allies of outgoing President Leonid Kuchma. His face remains visibly disfigured from a mysterious illness that struck during the campaign. He holds both Ukrainian and US citizenship.
Historical summary. TurkishPress restated this AFP wire report, first published in December 2004, in its own words.