Pryvit! Thanks for all the emails and all the support! You all rock! Keep wearing orange!

So just got in. 03:01 kyiv time. After a day of VR activity which you all heard about. This evenings action was all about the presidential admin. (which happens to be in my back yard)

This is one email of a couple I will send in the next few minutes. Attached is a pretty poor quality video clip I took on my dig. Camera next to the fence by the presidential admin down by ivana franka park (one of the access points).

Myron Jarosewich and I sang with the protesters and I can tell you that the riot cops were laughing at our jokes and I certainly doubt they would put up much resistance if….

I will send the Bankova pictures in subsequent emails. That is where the real action is right now 3 am. Ukie time.

The quantity of people in the streets is INCREDIBLE. Please be advise there is no "night of chaos" as we've seen in some articles. Yush camp has people at each point of contact with militia urging protesters to maintain peace. Yush camp urging all protesters to smile and sing with the cops.

Bankova email next

Petro

Pryvit! After 3am Just got back from bankova st. PORA is building tents. You will see white Styrofoam boards (this is what they sleep on) in the photos. Also you will see the dump trucks filled with sand that block the road once one gets closer in. On the dump trucks are dozens of yush supporters. The spirit is very high and very alive. Look closely you will see orange sashes tied into the militia riot cops shields. There are many many riot police on bankova but there is little tension. Many jokes and laughs being had with the militia. Trying to engage them in conversation.

'Vy nashi bratty, my z vamy', ' perekhodte do nas',

On a lighter note, you will see Myronko Jarosewich making his um….semi-successful attempt to climb onto one of the dump trucks….

Also, a priest up on the fence continuously trying to speak with the militia.

If I haven't emphasized it yet, there is a crazy amount of people on the streets. Not just maydan. Everywhere. Multiple points of contact can be easily maintained.

Thanks again for all your support!

Wear ORANGE!!!!!

petro

Next email…. A note about khreshchatyk.

Hey! A quick note about khreshchatyk circa 01:30. the tent city has doubled in size. It now stretches well past Prorizna to the Kyiv admin bldg. 32 khresch.

So walking by we see all these Marshutky (cheap mini-buses used as an alternative to public transit) parked in a row right by the tent city at the Kyiv Admin bldg. One of the drivers told me that they were ordered by Omelchenko to come to Khreschatyk to provide heat for the students (and faculty) in the tent village.

This underscores that Omelchenko (Kyiv's Mayor) is the man. Channel 5 has been running uninterrupted (very key to this whole thing). The city is incredibly well lit. Trash trucks are removing trash. DAI cops are managing car traffic… his support is key.

Ok. that's in for now. Time for battery recharge.

Petro

Ps. Can someone please post this to the chornomortsi list? Dyakoyou!