On Friday night, two people were killed and several wounded
in a shootout that erupted after a clash
in the city of Kharkiv between pro-
Russian demonstrators and their opponents..........
"We have our great mother, Russia, who has taken us in her arms," said 40-year-old demonstrator Nikolai Antonov. "If Russia hadn't protected us, we would have had to take up arms" against the new authorities in Kiev.