it has led to widespread condemnation from the west and of course sanctions. since then the russians have also been stepping up their military presence in the region at the ukrainian border, in particular since last year, after fighting escalated in donbas. vincent, let me bring you in here. nabila talked about sovereignty. we have two almost conflicting arguments, that nato countries are talking about sovereignty and protecting the identity of ukraine. russia is talking about identity. as a reporter who covers china—western relationships, some of this sounds familiar — a sense of a difference between what is sovereign and what is historic identity. we have seen all these disputes in china and things related to china, but also on the korean peninsula. the north and south korean crisis is yet to be resolved. going back to what nabila