 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 2004, Leonid Kuchma akazivisa kuti haazomiriri kusarudzwazve. Vakwikwidzi vakuru vaviri vakabuda musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika dza2004. Viktor Yanukovych, Mutungamiriri wehurumende aripo, anotsigirwa naKuchma uye neRussian Federation, aida ukama hwepedyo neRussia. Mukwikwidzi mukuru wevanopikisa, Viktor Yushchenko, akadaidzira kuti Ukraine itarise kumadokero uye pakupedzisira inobatana neEU. 