abandoned diplomatic rules and had been seeking to undermine our country with unilateral sanctions as well as military pressure on russia with mean rivers along the russian borders. they are trying to draw kyiv into provocation. joining me now is james nixey who is the director of russia & eurasia programme at chatham house. we have the rhetoric, we have the diplomacy, we had the military build—up. looking at the latter specifically, how do military analysts think this situation is going to evolve?— analysts think this situation is going to evolve? they tend to be slit, going to evolve? they tend to be split. 100.000 — going to evolve? they tend to be split, 100,000 troops _ going to evolve? they tend to be split, 100,000 troops around - going to evolve? they tend to be - split, 100,000 troops around ukraine west and north borders, with a far greater degree of partners that we saw last april when they did the same thing but without medical supplies or even food. we could see it was not serious. they were not