who lives in donetsk, closer to the russian border. her sister doesn t believe russia has committed war crimes in this conflict, and she believes the invasion is just. at the moment, i m not in touch with her. due to political reasons, we didn t find common ground. we lost touch. so i don t know what she s thinking right now. since march 27th, we haven t spoken. i haven t wanted to. march 27th, that s very sad. that s how it is. the local cherry blossom heralds the onset of spring, but no one s under any illusions that winter is coming to the village of serhiivkia, right across eastern ukraine.
not in touch with her. due to political reasons, we didn t find common ground. we lost touch. so i don t know what she s thinking right now. since march 27th, we haven t spoken. i haven t wanted to. march 27th, that s very sad. that s how it is. the local cherry blossom heralds the onset of spring, but no one s under any illusions that winter is coming to the village of serhiivkia, right across eastern ukraine. well for more analysis on ukraine, i mjoined now by retired us army colonel chris mayer who s in virginia.
at the moment, i m not in touch with her. due to political reasons, we didn t find common ground. we lost touch. so i don t know what she s thinking right now. since march 27th, we haven t spoken. i haven t wanted to. march 27th, that s very sad. that s how it is. the local cherry blossom heralds the onset of spring, but no one s under any illusions that winter is coming to the village of serhiivkia, right across eastern ukraine. clive myrie, bbc news. we can now speak to angela stent, a former us national intelligence officer for russia and eurasia. she s currently director of the center for eurasian, russian and east european studies at georgetown university.
her sister doesn t believe russia has committed war crimes in this conflict, and she believes the invasion is just. at the moment, i m not in touch with her. due to political reasons, we didn t find common ground. we lost touch. so i don t know what she s thinking right now. since march 27th, we haven t spoken. i haven t wanted to. march 27th, that s very sad. that s how it is. the local cherry blossom heralds the onset of spring, but no one s under any illusions that winter is coming to the village of serhiivkia, right across eastern ukraine. clive myrie, bbc news.
residents want to stay. they re afraid to leave their houses and households behind, he tells me. it s hard to go. people think that they have lived their share and want to die at home. raisa is one of the villagers who chose not to leave. raisa? clive. the great absence in her life is her own sister, who lives in donetsk, closer to the russian border. her sister doesn t believe russia has committed war crimes in this conflict, and she believes the invasion is just. at the moment, i m not in touch with her. due to political reasons, we didn t find common ground. we lost touch. so i don t know what she s thinking right now. since march 27th, we haven t spoken. i haven t wanted to.