"Donetsk is a Russian city." The chant rang out in the eastern Ukrainian city on Saturday, as thousands of pro-Russia demonstrators rallied beneath a towering statue of Soviet revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in the city's main square. They waved Russian flags and red flags emblazoned with the iconic image of Argentinian Marxist Che Guevara. There was not a single Ukrainian flag to be seen. "They are frightened," said local journalist Denis Kazansky of pro-Ukraine protestors. "They will not come out and demonstrate." That's because just three days earlier, Lenin Square was the scene of violent clashes that left a 22-year-old, pro-Ukrainian activist dead.
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Protesters mainly pro-Russian in Donetsk, city in eastern Ukraine
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At Lenin Square, one pro-Ukrainian protester was killed Thursday
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Tension remain between pro-Russian and pro-Ukraine demonstrators
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