the nato supreme commander has said the same in his latest blog. everybody has known that is happening, now there is visual proof of it. don't forget president putin himself in his marathon address confirmed what he previously denied, that in crimea, russian forces were behind the taking of crimea and the taking of those buildings and the referendum and succession that then followed. >> these pictures made available by ukrainians, they show faces of individuals they say they have identified these individuals by name as individuals who formally worked for ruck russian security forces or russian intelligence. has there been any reaction from the russians themselves to this evidence? >> yes, the russians deny it, but they've been denying a lot of things for a long time. as i say, even some reporters and some residents in those parts of eastern ukraine, when this have asked these russians