children, lounging around, waiting for the absolute worst. that's what you'll see anywhere in this city. it's almost an eerie calm. what we're actually hearing is the russians are parked outside on the ring road. that's what we've heard from the mayor recently. i want to show you, this is the central administrative building. you can barely see it because it's all dim right now. a lot of the lights are out, a lot of the shops are closed. back in 2014, pro-russian protesters took over this building and they hung a russian flag from the very top of that building. and in this russian-speaking city, the second largest in the country, protesters, pro ukrainian protesters rose up, retook this building and pulled down the russian flag and flew a ukrainian flag instead. i've been here for several weeks. i've talked to a lot of people here. a lot of people tell me they