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THEIR REACTION ON THE IDEA OF
THE REFERENDUM.
[ CHANTING ]
>> KIEV'S INDEPENDENCE SQUARE, A
GROUP OF MOTHERS PROTEST FOR
PEACE.
A FEW DOZEN WOMEN BARELY NOTICED
BY THE CROWDS.
THE PROTESTERS STILL LIVING IN
THE SQUARE PASTIME WITH DAILY
CHORES.
THE SIDEWALKS ARE STILL TORN UP,
COBBLESTONES LEFT IN PILES IN
CASE VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT AGAIN.
WITH WORD THAT CRIMEA WILL SEEK
A REFERENDUM ON JOINING THE
RUSSIAN FEDERATION, THERE IS
ANGER AND FEAR, CONFUSION OVER
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
>> WOULD IT BE ACCEPTABLE FOR
YOU IF CRIMEA BECAME PART OF
RUSSIA?
>> Translator: MY MOM IS FROM
RUSSIA THIS, WOMAN SAYS, AND SHE
KEPTS TELLING ME THEY'LL NOT
GIVE UP ON CRIMEA.
I KEEP TELLING HER IT'S
IMPOSSIBLE BREAKING UP CRIMEA
FROM UKRAINE.
IMPOSSIBLE JUST IMPOSSIBLE.
THAT'S THE WAY IT IS NOW.
WE CANNOT IMAGINE IT OTHERWISE.
IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE FOR MANY
THE PACE OF EVENTS HERE THE LAST
FEW WEEKS.
>> Translator: I COULDN'T MISS
COMING HERE, THIS WOMAN SAYS, TO
PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO DIED
HERE.
I FEEL SO SORRY FOR THOSE WHO
LOST THEIR LIVES, FOR THOSE WHO
GOT WOUNDED AND ARE STILL
RECOVERING.
STILL CAN'T BELIEVE SOMETHING
LIKE THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED IN
UKRAINE.
>> ALL THAT'S HAPPENED HERE IS
STILL NOT CLEAR.
SOME STILL SEARCH FOR ANSWERS.
THIS SIGN SAYS SASHA KOPONES WAS
KILLED HERE BUT HIS GIRLFRIEND
IS LOOKING FOR A WITNESS TO HIS
DEATH.
DOZENS WHO PROTESTED ARE STILL
MISSING.
LEONID HAS VANISHED.
>> DEATH IS TRAGIC IN ANY CASE,
THIS MAN SAYS, BUT THESE PEOPLE
WERE NOT DYING FOR NOTHING.
THEY WERE DYING FOR THE IDEA FOR
UKRAINE.
I'M A MILITARY MAN.
I'VE SEEN THINGS IN MY LIFE.
BUT STILL PEOPLE DIED FOR THEIR
BELIEFS.
THIS IS VERY EMOTIONAL.
♪
>> ON THE CENTRAL STAGE, A YOUNG
MAN SINGS, ANOTHER STANDS
NEARBY.
HE SPEAKS NO WORDS, LOOKS
STRAIGHT AHEAD.