"The Party of Regions (Regions) should be riding high in Ukrainian polls as opposition parties traditionally have golden opportunities to increase their popularity. Instead, Regions and its leader and former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych have been declining in popularity and are in a crisis. On March 6 Regions lost 6 mayoral elections in eastern Ukraine to local independents and the Yuliya Tymoshenko bloc (BYuT)." (EDM article by Kuzio)

The article reminds me of a broadcast of the show "EpiCenter" where the commentator spoke about the results from local elections and how BYuT was winning in local elections. Though from the way that he reported it, he made it seem as a 'conspiracy' of some sorts. My mom's commentary was "what did they think ByuT was going to do? plant potatoes? they are a political party."

"NATO membership is a not a priority, though, for voters as a whole. Only 0.8 percent of voters in Donetsk (compared with a Ukraine-wide average of 4.4 percent) considered it important, and it was second to last in a list of thirty-four priorities. In Ukraine, as in most countries, foreign affairs is not a high priority for voters, who vote on “bread and butter” issues." (quote from EDM article)

Check out Taras of Ukrainiana's footage from the anti-Nato rally in Kyiv.