the ukrainian patrols that will be the first to see any advancing army. here on the border, with the russians just over there, there is no sense that things have been conclusively resolved, not at all. it's just a pause in what remains a very tense situation. this major grew up in a border town, his father served in soviet times. now his task is to help keep moscow out of ukraine. translation: the independence of ukraine is enshrined _ in all our documents, it is in our constitution. as a military man, i need to protect this. we drove south, along the road towards kyiv. to hear the voices of those who must live with the tension of these days.