A sunny day in Ukraine's capital Kiev - perfect for a political rally.<br/> <br />The country's main opposition parties put on a united front on Saturday, with many calling for jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko's release.<br/> <br />The former prime minister is serving a controversial seven-year prison sentence for abuse of office charges which she says are politically motivated.<br/> <br />Her daughter Evgenia read a statement from her thanking opposition parties for their support.<br/> <br />"We are able to strike as a united front at the mafia which is sitting in the government", she adds, "to give back to our citizens a feeling of personal dignity and pride".<br/> <br />Oleksander Turchinov, deputy head of Tymoshenko's Fatherland party said Tymoshenko had been brutally beaten in prison but her spirit was still strong.<br/> <br />"They wanted to break her but they couldn't," he says.<br/> <br />Both the European Union and the US have denounced Tymoshenk's trial and sentence as politically motivated and urged President Viktor Yanukovich to free her.<br/> <br />Sunita Rappai, Reuters
