KIEV, Ukraine, July 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton began a five-day tour of Eastern Europe Friday in Ukraine, meeting with its president, Viktor Yanukovych, aides said.
While in Kiev, Clinton also was scheduled to meet with Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Hryshchenko, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who lost a bitter election to Yanukovych, media leaders and civil society groups, Radio Free Europe reported.