by the us and uk to ukraine are being described as actually whipping up tensions in the region. and actually they're saying that the west are simply pumping the ukraine full of weapons and preparing it to attack the rebels in the east — the donetsk and lugansk republics. and what about the ukrainian media? sarah rainsford, our colleague, the bbc correspondent, said that east of kyiv many ukrainians that she met there said they hadn't watched the news since 2014 to protect their nerves. well, ukrainian media are largely behind the government there. they're obviously saying ukraine is the victim and russia is the aggressor. the rebel republics in the east are terrorist organisations, according to them. but of course, they're really having to play this juggling game between statements from the west — western governments are saying that russia is imminently about to invade —