The renewed ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is fragile. Moscow could reassert the claim that ethnic Russians living there are in danger. Is it true? DW's Roman Goncharenko spoke with Russians in Kharkiv.
Freedom Square is decorated with blue and yellow Ukrainian flags. Up front, where the statue of Lenin once loomed majestically over the vast area, an excavator is digging holes for new flowers and trees. From the speakers of a hotel, you can hear Russian advertising for the “Radio Chanson” station. This is Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.