Bullshit! Ukraine is very safe. The guy with the ponytail is a Svoboda MP. (Svoboda is a western Nationalist Ukrainian political party -- they HATE Russia and demand Ukrainian sovereignty) The RT video describes the ponytail guy as a nazi fascist, when of course the opposite is true. (Russians are fascists: they shut down newspapers, shut down tv stations, and arrest protestoers who oppose putin) The 2nd video shows the same ponytail dude breaking into a CBC (I say 'CBC' in the sense that all TV in Ukraine has histoprically and especially for the past 6 years been controlled by the Kremlin; only Russia-friendly TV stations are allowed. Anti-Russian stations, such as Fox news, had their journalists killed and broadcast licenses revoked by Yanukovich/Putin).. Anyways, the ponytail dude broke into the TV station and accused the CBC exec of corruption and propaganda (which is 100% true) and demanded he resign or get his ass kicked. Kind of heavy-handed, yes... but, Imagine turning on a tv and seeing only CBC news on every channel. That is the reality of Ukraine. Anyway, remember that pretty girl I met on the airplane on the way into Kiev in 2008 ? I am meeting her when I arrive, and a couple other friends from my obervation mission last year. Ukrainians are very eager to be guides and hosts, as you know. Long story short: Ukraine is safe; even in (now Russian) Crimea, kids walk the streets next to the evil Russian solders. Fighting in the rada (legislature) in Kiev is nothing new. Life goes on, business carries on, and Ukraine remains a great place to visit, regardless of what we see on sensationalist news broadcasts.