Yulia Tymoshenko is back.<br/> <br />The Ukrainian opposition leader and former prime minister was freed on Saturday after two years in confinement.<br/> <br />Upon her arrival in Kiev, she praised protesters for their historic achievement in toppling President Viktor Yanukovich.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) FREED UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION LEADER YULIA TYMOSHENKO, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Nobody could have imagined that a handful of people which gathered at the most critical point on the square will be able to change the history - and not just for Ukraine."<br/> <br />After clashes between riot police and anti-goverment protesters took 77 lives this week, a deal for reforms and early elections was reached Friday.<br/> <br />But on Saturday, parliament voted to free Tymoshenko and impeach Yanukovich, an act he called a coup.<br/> <br />The unrest started when Yanukovich backed out of a European Union deal, something Tymoshenko believes would return.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) FREED UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION LEADER YULIA TYMOSH
