Organisers claimed over 100,000 attended;[50] police estimated 60,000 attended, which was also estimated to be the maximum capacity of the square;[51] eyewitnesses placed the attendance as low as 20,000.[52][53] At 6:00 p.m. Party of Regions head Oleksandr Efremov announced the end of the meeting, a day earlier than planned.[54] By the end of the rally, only 3,000 remained,[6] and by the evening European Square was deserted.[55]