] On the evening that I'm writing this, the 24th, thousands
] of shaven-headed pro-Yanukovich marchers and local police
] and security from the Donetsk region were seen entering
] Kiev in huge columns. Reporters who interviewed their
] mothers said these the columns of young men were rounded
] up from their Donetsk-region factories and schools and
] shipped directly to Kiev. The army is reportedly massing
] outside of the capital with armored columns. They have
] already deployed some armored personal carriers and large
] Kamaz trucks packed with sand, creating barricades and
] dividing up the city.
]
] Their effect is already evident this evening. The orange
] flags and colors of the opposition are disappearing as
] opposition protesters have retreated to safety, staying
] inside and communicating by phone.
]
] When the CEC declared Yanukovich the official winner
] tonight, women in offices and stores broke out in tears
] all across the city. Kiev's one day of revolutionary
] freedom is over. It's unlikely that Kiev can stand up
] against such an army of soldiers, police and
] lumpenproles. The opposition is too dispersed and doesn't
] have a direct plan for taking over power. Ukraine is
] faced with either civil war or dictatorship. It looks,
] for now, like dictatorship.

The eXile's take on the crisis in Ukraine.