who are the protesters, are they pro-russian or russian provocateurs, and others in kiev that yulia tymoschenko and others are calling them? >> it's difficult to say. there are a few hundred pro activists here, and thousands outside supporting them. quantifying, you know, the numbers of who is russian, who is ukrainian, or as russia suggests, some of them may have come from the west. i think that is very difficult to tell. the people here tell us that they are pro-russia, and they are ukrainian. as i mentioned difficult to tell. >> thank you very much for that. that's our correspondent kim, joining us from the east ukrainian city of don esket. >> to other news, aid workers feel an outbreak of disease in the solomon islands, devastated by floods. 23 killed in what's been described as the worst flash flooding in the country's history, and the death toll expected to rise with 40 people missing. 50,000 people are homeless, with many living -- homeless and many living in makeshift camp. andrew thomas is in the capital. >> this is dividing the area in half, a concrete bridge washed away, living a bri