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Because if they do, there will be blood on the streets and moscow which has said all along that the government in kiev is anti-russian will come out and say we need to send in peace keepers and they have 40,000 troops on the borders. and you can see the russian peace keepers rolling across. >> richard engel, appreciate you being here. thousands of people will gather today to mark the one-year anniversary of the boston marathon bombing. vice president joe biden will speak at a ceremony for those who will once again run. final touches are now being put on the course in preparation for this yea...

Shields run forward and men in their midst throw molotov cocktails. the tension as dusk approaches escalating. certainly we went down in the ground earlier today to talk to people about why they were there. it's been nearly a decade-long struggle here between ukraine turning east to russia or west to europe. this is where it stood after its most violent day, stalemate. police closing in but looking tired, even with fewer protesters here the morning after still moving in. after all those hours of violence and casualties, they have been pushed back to a small area on the square but still this vi...

This violence standoff persists. the question being, is there any kind of negotiation that can bring an end to these scenes? >> that was cnn's nick payton walsh. my colleague, phil black, picks up our live coverage from kiev's independent scare square, joins me now by phone. what are you seeing now? >> reporter: strangely subdued in the square. again, thousands of people crying. there have been some speeches on the stage. but it's not arousing. it is a more quiet, thoughtful mood in the square. but it is still tense also. maintaining the barricades around the smaller area they now occupy. stil...