I don’t know if it’s made it to US news reports, but there’s a bit of civil unrest afoot here in Ukraine. Most of it is centered in Kiev (just a few blocks from where I was last week), but there’s a little grumbling in other cities as well. Just wanted to say that there no reason for concern. Mariupol is pretty far removed from all this; yesterday when there were sizable gatherings elsewhere, only about a dozen people showed up for a similar event here.

In any event, there’s nothing to worry about. I’m nowhere near the newsworthy violence, and I’ll be on my way out in just a couple days anyway.