by russian backed rebels. ourfirst report is from orla guerin in eastern ukraine. a glimpse of the fire power today. close to the border with ukraine. if president putin forces cross that line, which will come as no surprise many in ukraine will be bracing for the worst. many in ukraine will be bracing for the worst. on the front lines here in zolote, target practice president putin he has his eye on ukraine. the world is watching and waiting for his next move. they know all about waiting here. yevgen has been in the trenches for seven long years, fighting kremlin backed rebels, trying to keep moscow off ukrainian soil. russia is rotten, he tells me. and ukraine must blossom.
bracing for the worst. on the front lines here in zolote, target practice president putin he has his eye on ukraine. the world is watching and waiting for his next move. they know all about waiting here. yevgen has been in the trenches for seven long years, fighting kremlin backed rebels, trying to keep moscow off ukrainian soil. russia is rotten, he tells me. and ukraine must blossom. that s why i m here. i want my wife and my daughter to live in peace and quiet. well, we ve just started hearing some shelling in the last few minutes. the troops here say they have been fighting a long war against russian backed separatists. they know that president putin
lines here, target practice. with president putin. he has his eye on ukraine, the world is watching and waiting for his next move. they know all about waiting here. he s been in the trenches for seven long years. fighting kremlin backed separatists, trying to keep moscow off ukrainian soil. translation: trying to keep moscow off ukrainian soil. translation: russia is rotten. and ukraine soil. translation: russia is rotten. and ukraine must soil. translation: russia is rotten. and ukraine must blossom. - soil. translation: russia is rotten. and ukraine must blossom. that s i soil. translation: russia is rotten. i and ukraine must blossom. that s why i m here. iwant and ukraine must blossom. that s why i m here. i want my wife and my daughter to live in peace and quiet. well, we have just started daughter to live in peace and quiet. well, we havejust started hearing some shelling in the last few minutes. the troops here say they have been fighting a long war against russian backed s
described as a county with a puppet regime and had no historical right to exist. steve rosenberg has sent this report. russia s parliament, rubber stamping the kremlin s plan. to send troops and the rebel republics of the eastern ukraine. they voted a unanimous yes. then from the president what sounded like an ultimatum. translation: ukraine should demilitarised. an ultimatum. translation: ukraine should demilitarised. ukraine - an ultimatum. translation: ukraine should demilitarised. ukraine armed l should demilitarised. ukraine armed to the teeth was unacceptable and ukraine should announce its ambitions tojoin nato. ukraine should announce its ambitions to join nato. ambitions to oin nato. earlier, down at the ambitions to join nato. earlier, down at the russian ambitions to join nato. earlier, down at the russian foreign i down at the russian foreign ministry, we detected little sign of compromise, but much irritation, a new round of western sanctions which have been imposed
alone. we commend ukraine for its restraint in not responding to russia s repeated provocations. we stand in solidarity with the ukrainian people and its government. allies are united in their full support for ukraine s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders. very clear he hoped even at this late stage, russia would choose the path of diplomacy, but saying every indication was that russia was planning a full attack on ukraine. well, i mentioned a little earlier sanctions, well, they have kicked in pretty immediately. we heard from germany, we heard from the uk, we also heard from the eu at in the last little while. it also heard from the eu at in the last little while. last little while. it is a clear reaponse last little while. it is a clear reaponse to last little while. it is a clear response to these - last little while. it is a clear| response to these violations last little while. it is a clear. response to these violations of int