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KIEV, Ukraine — The front- runners in Ukraine’s presidential race have vowed to revive ties with Russia if elected — a strong signal that Sunday’s vote could mark the end of the Western-oriented leadership ushered in by Ukraine’s 2004 Orange Revolution.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said in a last-minute appeal to voters that as president she would work closely with Moscow.

Polls show Tymoshenko trailing pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych in the closing hours of the race.

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