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Have burned. you can see the ribbon of mon hoarse stretch around the news deck here. so far, the fighting shows no sign of stopping. with us now a "wall street journal" correspondent who is on the ground in ukraine. his name is alan callson and he is live in kiev. alan, good evening. >> good evening. >> tell us what you're seeing on the ground there. i know you've been covering this and we have been reading your articles at wsj.com. what changes are you seeing tonight? >> police and protesters looking out over each other through a charred no man's land. [ inaudible ]

The people protesting now tend to be more from central or western. although the protests have [ inaudible ] even in eastern portions of the country where they are expressing displeasure, just the way the country has been governed, just the level of corrupti corruption. >> serious danger of a regional split. alan, we are looking at the pictures you have taken in the region there over the last day or so. and i'm wondering as i walk over to the wall to show these fires, the fire there is at independence square frankly make it look like armageddon. the closeness of the lens can sometimes distort t...

Because they are trying to seal off the city, prevent other protesters from coming n the subway system has been shut down a lot of shops are not opening. just ramp paint violence around the city. >> a reporter for "the wall street journal" owned by the parent company of this network, his fine work is available now and always at wsj.com. alan, all the best to you. thank you so much. >> thank you. russia, of course is clearly a major player in this ukraine crisis. it's russia that's given them money, a couple billion dollars, russia that said align with us, the government there that has. the r...