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Division and you re right, this is very much a mixed country. yesterday we were watching a lot of pro-russia demonstrators in the east in the cities like kharkov, the second largest city, and it s interesting to point out today we re watching in some of these cities, we re watching pro-european demonstrators out there in the streets today. it s really hard to get a feel for it, yes, while the east has russian leanings, how many of those people now, since the russians have moved into the crimea, are backing the russians and how much are feeling a bit of nationalism, a bit of patriotic fever, toward ukraine during this crisis, fareed. ian lee, thank you very much. fascinating. when we come back we have been able to find vitali klitschko and we will have him when we come back. ....
Tomorrow, on how he can under it, is what russia does next. and the focus will be on this region here, where i am today, in east ukraine. this is the second biggest city in the country, the industrial heartland, kharkov. many people here have been encouraged with what s happening in ukraine and would ideally like the russians to come in here, too. behind me, you probably can t make it out now, but there is a huge statue of lenin under which there is a group of pro-russian protesters. they occupied this and hoisted the russian flag, and in violence between them and kiev government supporters, many dozens of people were injured. today in doniesk, another area, pro-russians occupied government offices there. the fear is that russia is trying to create the sort of chaos and instability here to justify intervening on behalf of the russian speakers. ....