First Havel comes out in support of the Ukrainian opposition, now Kiev is visited by Lech Walesa, another giant of Eastern Europe’s heroic age:

“Solidarity leader and the first post-communist Polish president Lech Walesa also addressed the crowd, which was in high spirits as it gathered under blue skies on this clear, windless day.Much of central Kyiv is now a solid block of protestors, most bedecked in orange, the signature color of opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko. A carnival atmosphere predominates.Estimates place the crowd at up to a million.”