over you craukraine at this hou. what are ukrainians saying about all this? >> it is a very interesting point to make, john. we were down in the square most of the day today. i think it is fair to say that people down there are hopeful but skeptical. they are a little bit wary of what's going on around them and all this noise that's happening in terms of the talking but not much in the way of talking. a lot are worried that the country or crimea could end up being either in the hands of russia or that they could lose it to a form of autonomy. it would be run by a very pro-russian government and give russia the breeding space it wants and protect its interests. the ukrainians here have been worried that it might extend further than crimea, that it