Grocery Stores Open, Bread Missing

All of our local grocery stores remain open and well stocked. Using this as a gauge of how the supply system for Kiev is working, everything seems to be OK. My favorite bread loaf the baton can't be found. This is due more to strike activity at the factory I believe. Today, opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko's people announced that they are going to block transportation if immediate progress is not made in negotiations. Only fire, ambulance and food vehicles will be allowed through.

(On a side note, the Transportation Minister is apparently in the hospital.)

Like most Ukrainian families, we normally only have a few days worth of food in the house. Most people here make frequent trips to the various markets. We have been slowly building up a reserve of food over the past few weeks. I know it seemed foolish to do this a few weeks ago, but now I'm glad we did that. Also have taken steps in case banks and ATMs are out of service.
Etc, etc . . .

I hope that these plans will prove to be unnecessary.