As pro-Russians vote for “self-rule” in Donetsk and Luhansk in Maidan in Kyiv, the focal point of the revolution that ousted pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovych, people reflected on the 110 protesters shot dead by sniper fire in February.<br /><br />In Ukraine’s capital support for the ballots in the east is thin on the ground.<br /><br />Many believe the people in the east have been duped: “This referendum is not the people’s will. It was organised by emissaries from Russia. Their goals are clear,to take from us as much of Ukraine as they can.There are a lot of people there fooled by the separatists. They think that Russia is the land of milk and honey.”<br /><br />The acting government in Kyiv view the ballots in Donetsk and Luhansk as illegal and called for talks on greater autonomy for Ukraine’s eastern regions.<br /><br />However agitators that seized government buildings would not be included in the discussions.
