parliament to make a European future. We have drawn a line under our Soviet past.”
The public mood has turned sharply against the leadership in Moscow over what is widely seen as its direct role in fomenting separatist unrest.
“Russia cannot interfere with Ukraine. We will become part of Europe,” said 30-year old economist Anton Rushailo, 산청출장안마 after voting in Kiev. “Sooner or later, we will join NATO, and today we are taking an important step in that direction.”
Igor Seleznev, a retired 65-year old economist, said he cast his ballot for Opposition Bloc as he believed it was the only party willing to resist the emerging pro-reform consensus.
“For now, I see only change for the worse. Standard of life is getting worse, we are at war with Russia and there is economic chaos,” Seleznev said.
In Volnovakha, a government-controlled town 60 kilometers (38 miles) south of the main rebel-held city of Donetsk, voting took place under heavy security.
“Nobody wants what is going on now,” said Nadezhda Eshtokina, a retiree in Volnovakha. “I think everything will be good with time, and our grandchildren will live well and live like Europeans.”