No intimidation....
Just a “spontaneous” protest, doncha know.
Its typical Russian tactics, those arwas only have a sizeable Russian presence because Stalin killed off or “moved” many of the native Ukrainian inhabitants.
Russia is continuing to bombard that lart of Ukraine with propaganda, scaring people senseless, making them think evil Nazi zombies are coming to their homes to eat their children...and if that doesnt work? Then that the Jews are coming to steal their jobs.