Ukrainian Protests Intensify as Heavyweight Boxers Enter the Fray

Heavyweight boxers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko have lent their support to pro-European integration demonstrators in the Ukraine, as protests against President Viktor Yanukovich intensify. On January 26 Vitali attended a service in Kiev for slain activist Michael Zhyznevskym, who was killed during a confrontation with security forces on January 22. On January 27, Wladimir urged Western world leaders to ‘support the country’s people and help’.