it's a bit like the pro europe protests of midan square in kiev, the clumsy barricades, molotov cocktails the lack of a leader or concrete plan, fed by local donations. but there's one huge difference, these people want to join russia and russia, even its army, to help them do it. this man says, he's from the eastern front, a new local group. we're about 6,000 people, he says, men ready to protect the fatherland, but women, too, even the elderly. they say they've let us in because they want to show that they are here entirely peacefully, but there are clear preparations ready here. they are worried about an assault by ukrainian forces, particularly from the roof. they've barricaded the stairwells. the power went out last night. many, like these nurses, fearing special forces were coming, but they didn't, and their numbers and readiness grow. fears of poverty fuel this, that the rivalry between kiev and moscow will cost them their jobs. rising prices, wages worth less by the day. some, like tatyana, hanker for the soviet past. my father was a retired kgb colonel, she says, this is why i'm