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At Yahoo! News (under 'World', slideshow 'Ukraine Elections') there is a photo of orange flag. Accompanying text: "Ukrainians take part in a mass rally in the center of Kiev, October 23, 2004. Up to 100,000 Ukrainians rallied in the capital on Saturday in support of opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, on the threshold of the country's October 31 presidential election. (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)"
Jan Mertens, 1 November 2004

Now there is an other slideshow at this link, showing a photo.  Has anybody seen news reports showing this opposition flag?
Martin Karner, 1 November 2004

Electoral bloc of Victor Yushchenko (opposition) uses the orange flags with a red word "Tak!" (Yes!), grey horseshoe and red motto "Viryu Znayu Mozhemo" (I beliewe, I know, We can).
Andriy Grechylo, 26 November 2004

I saw also a couple of blue-yellow-red flags.
António Martins, 26 November 2004

Perhaps you saw a blue-yellow-crimsom (MALYNOVYI) flag of political party "Batkivshchyna". These flags are present in all meetings of opposition. I didn't saw any Russian flag during these actions. It is clear, because Russia supports other candidate - Yanukovych.
Andriy Grechylo, 26 November 2004

At <www.freerepublic.com>, there are some pictures showing flags used by the Ukrainian protesters, mostly the orange flags with the "Yushchenko Yes" inscription.
On the "personal website of Viktor Yushchenko" thte ia a photo (with numerous other [flag] photos) with a variant of the opposition flag, showing a photo of Viktor Yushchenko:
Martin Karner, 26 November 2004

People in Ukraine use various kinds of the Yushchenko's block flags (light or dark orange, with texts, portrait or without images).
Andriy Grechylo, 2 December 2004

I saw one flag on the news on TV, which was white and black horizontal with a red cross in the middle. What could that have been?
Elias Granqvist, 2 December 2004

At a demonstration for Victor Yushchenko, presidential candidate in Ukraine, there is, amid the national bicolor and orange party flags, a Blue-Yellow-Red horizontal tricolor flying in a photo I saw in The Economist. Any clue what it is?
Albert S. Kirsch, 4 December 2004

It is a flag of the party of "Batkivshchyna" (= Motherland; leader - Mrs. Yuliya Tymoshenko). The orange flag isn't a symbol of separate party, but of political block.
Andriy Grechylo, 4 December 2004

I saw flags at the Kiev protest:
1) Orange over black, A cross with pointed bottom in center with Ukrainian trident. See my photo. Orange is Yushchenko's color, the color of protest. Black is the typical winter color of a Ukrainian's clothes.
2) Tak! flag means yes in Ukrainian. Flag of Yushchenko.
Interesting PORA flag. Usually