Befolkningen i östra Ukraina vill tillhöra Ukraina.
"More than half of Donetsk residents
(65.7%) want to live in a united Ukraine. This is testified to by the results of a poll conducted by the Institute for Social Research and Policy Analysis on the initiative of a coalition of NGOs in Donetsk.
Half of the residents of Donetsk
(50.2%) favor maintaining a unitary state with no provisions to transfer to a federal structure. Meanwhile, 31.6% of the supporters of a unitary state believe that regions should be given broader economic and fiscal powers.
In turn, 15.5% of respondents said that they would like to see a Ukraine composed of several federal districts, one of which would be the Donetsk region.
Only 18.2% of respondents want to leave Ukraine and join the Russian Federation, and just 4.7% of residents want to live in Donetsk republic, independent from everyone.
The survey was conducted amongst residents from the 26th to the 28th of March, 2014, using a sample representative of the entire adult resident population of Donetsk. The selection of respondents was made using a multi-stage sampling quota. The margin of error in the results is 4.5% (with a confidence level of 95%)."
Protesterna intresserar få i Donetsk.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/04/09/300606344/in-eastern-ukraine-normality-rules-except-at-ground-zero
"These musicians are surrounded by sidewalk cafes, playgrounds, and flowering trees.
While the political protest is just a stone's throw away, the musicians say they don't care a bit about it.
Neither does a guy standing nearby with a pony. Emir Gushinov is offering rides for kids. Business is slow, he says, but not because of the political turmoil.
"The main reason is that it's not a holiday and all the kids are in school," he says. "This is a great business at vacation time. But I guess the political situation also influences things a bit."
Some people strolling down this boulevard say they lean toward Russia in the east. Others would prefer that Ukraine align with Europe in the west.
But almost all of them say they don't feel like they're at the center of a revolution, and they don't care much about the drama taking place just down the road.
At the end of the day, people leave the scene of the protest like concert-goers after an outdoor festival."