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THE GROUND?
>> Reporter: YEAH, WELL, WE'RE
JUST BY INDEPENDENT SQUARE WHERE
MORE THAN 80 PEOPLE WERE KILLED
MORE THAN A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
THIS IS BASICALLY A SHRINE NOW.
THE PROTESTORS SAY THEY ARE
GOING TO REMAIN HERE.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME TO PAY
THEIR RESPECTS.
IT'S REALLY BECOME HOLY GROUND,
IF YOU WILL.
THE BARRICADES ARE STILL UP.
BARRICADES BASICALLY CHARRED
BLACK WITH SOOT AND SMOKE
BECAUSE OF THE FIRES THAT TOOK
PLACE HERE.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FLOWERS
HAVE BEEN LAID.
PEOPLE BRING RYLY JOUS ITEMS.
THERE'S A SHIELD THAT PEOPLE USE
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM
SNIPERS.
OFTEN.
BUT THEY NEED TO BOLSTER THEIR
FORCES AS BEST THEY CAN.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WHO COME HERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY
TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.
YOU TALK TO ANY OF THE MEN, THEY
SAW THEY THAT THEY ARE WILLING
TO FIGHT.
THEY GIVE THEIR NAMES AND PHONE
NUMBERS TO LOCAL OFFICIALS HERE
SAYING CALL US IF YOU'RE CALLING
UP CIVILIANS.
WE'LL GO DOWN AND FIGHT EVEN IF
WE HAVE NO MILITARY EXPERIENCE.
I SPOKE TO A MAN YESTERDAY WELL
BEYOND THE AGE, BUT HE IS READY
TO FIGHT AND DIE TO KEEP UKRAINE
TOGETHER.
IT'S NOT A QUESTION THEY SAY OF
A DIVIDED COUNTRY.
THEY SAY THIS IS A COUNTRY SAYI
THAT?
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW, THERE'S
NO EVIDENCE OF ATTACKS ON
RUSSIAN-SPEAKING PEOPLE IN
CRIMEA IN EASTERN PARTS OF
UKRAINE.
THE REPORTS OF ATTACKS INTO
CHURCHES WHICH THE RUSSIAN
AMBASSADOR MADE YESTERDAY, AS
THE U.N. AMBASSADOR SAID
YESTERDAY, IF YOU BELIEVE
RUSSIA, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE
FASHION SITS ATTACKING RUSSIANS
ALL THROUGHOUT THE UKRAINE.
THERE CERTAINLY ARE ELEMENTS WHO
WERE PART OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS
HERE, WHO WERE PART OF THE
UPRISING HERE IN THE SQUARE A
WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
THEY SEEM TO BE FOCUSING ON THE