The ambassador from the United States was not the only one to hit a wall with Kuchma. Ambassadors from several other countries, such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, and others, also returned empty-handed from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Those ambassadors lodged protests one after another, demanding to know whether last night's operation had violated citizens' human rights, whether it was suppressing political opponents, and whether it meant Ukraine was heading toward authoritarianism...
Unfortunately, Ukraine's diplomatic staff could not give them any clear answers, because those employees might not even know as much as the ambassadors did!
All they could do was politely tell the ambassadors to return to their embassies and wait for further notice, since the situation was currently rather complicated.
However, the positions taken by those ambassadors made it clear that this matter was far from over.
If the aftermath could not be handled cleanly, they would face enormous external pressure. It would also be the first test for Yanukovych and Yulia after taking office.
It all depended on whether they could get through this hurdle smoothly.
Still, compared with the mass demonstrations, the difficulties facing them now were far simpler.
Naturally, none of this had much to do with Wang Ye. News of his presence in Kyiv had not gotten out, and only a handful of people knew about it.
While Kuchma, Natalia, and the others were busy beyond measure, Wang Ye was not idle either, because Gebliev had already called.
Clearly, the Kremlin had also learned of what had happened in Kyiv the previous night.
"You... really made quite a spectacle of it!
When we got the news this morning, we were all shocked. You arrested so many people!
I heard quite a few foreigners died too?
You really aren't afraid of international