Ukrainian city of Donetsk epitomizes country's crisis
DONETSK, Ukraine -- Ukraine is divided down the middle.
Generally, most people in the west want ties with Western Europe. Those in the east support Russia. Now with Russia in Crimea, other places in eastern Ukraine are agitating to join Russia too.
Control of this building has come to symbolize control of Donetsk, this deeply divided city next door to Crimea.
And while the pro-Russian protesters declared victory from the rooftops on Wednesday, by Thursday afternoon they had lost control again.
More than 70 people were taken into custody. Ukrainian riot police were back in charge and the country's blue and yellow flag flew high again.
Donetsk is home to 1 million people in Ukraine's industrial heartland. It's also the hometown of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych.
The population is almost evenly split between those who back Ukraine's new government and the ethnic Russians who view it as an illegal one.
"Yes, let Russian army come here and defend us," she said, speaking as a group gathered behind her nodded in agreement.
This city has become a flashpoint. The moment a CBS News crew started asking questions - to both sides - heated arguments, pushing and shoving broke out.
The daily confrontations have many worried that violence could erupt across all of eastern Ukraine.
