Presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovich. (AFP/Getty Images/Getty)
Election officials in Ukraine say they've now counted 93 per cent of the votes cast in Sunday's presidential election and that the opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is still in the lead. However, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, refuses to admit defeat. She has appealed to her election team around the country to fight for every vote.
Head of the Europe region at the BBC World Service, Olexiy Solohubenko joins us.
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