city,y yanukovych ran for support. >> here it is tense, as a way of showing solidarity and their own desire to perhaps gain independence and joanussia, they had it kind of unofficial and actually illegal referendum on the square today. it seemed like about 10,000 people came and they were chanting russia, putin save us, you know slacking off s and so then they had this big vote, which frankly is meaningless, has for consequences, but is just to show a strength, and then just outside, about 30 meters from where i'm sitting now, they are currently trying to storm the government building. and it's very hard to tell what proportion of the population here support what they're doing, but certainly this minority is incredibly vocal. >> so this is a city where neighbor is fighting neighbor on this particular issue? >> that's right. i mean, on the streets there are constant arguments breaking out between people, some of whom know each other, but simply they're miles apart. some of these people are desperate to become part of russia, even going back to the soviet union. there's flags hammer and sickles on the square, people chanting abou