On 30 November, several thousand protesters had been brought into Kharkiv on buses to stage a rally to support the government on Freedom Square. Some 170 buses were reported on the scene, and the number of attendees was according to organisers allegedly over 70,000;[10] news agencies reported the size of the crowd to be 40,000.[11] The event lasted only 1 hour.[11] Reports indicated attendees were paid UAH₴50 to attend,[12] and reports indicated that many were public sector workers who did not attend on their own accord.[10] The rally was both pro-administration and pro-European Integration.[10]