unbearable. >> i lost my sleep. i lost my appetite. i cry everyday i read the news. and can i just say one thing? russian? >> reporter: yes. >> [ speaking in foreign lan language ] i said please hold on, we're together here for you, and everything will be good, because there's no other way. >> reporter: the people we talked to here were passionate and eloquent, but nobody is optimistic that this will come to an end soon. instead, people seem frozen in fear about the next terrible thing that will happen. it's a traumatizing time in little odesa, this is gary tuchman in new york. >> new details on arrest of wnba star britney in russia and what affiliations are saying about her detention.n.