of russian troops on ukraine s borders, both its western allies and russian neighbours still talk of a diplomatic way through, but with differing views of who s to blame. translation: | u leave | the direct verbal assaults against us unanswered. now it s important to focus on how to avoid war and how to force ukraine to stop the shelling and provocations against donetsk and lu ha nsk. if we need to fight, we will fight. if we need to be peaceful, we will be peaceful. volunteers for ukraine s homeland security no strangers to russian attacks on their country now preparing to protect their families, their country, they say if that s what it takes. mark lobel, bbc news. the prime minister, borisjohnson, has been detailing the economic sanctions that the uk will now put in place,
president putin has torn the minsk agreement to shreds. we have been clear that we do not believe he will stop at that. but despite tens of thousands of russian troops on ukraine s borders, both its western allies and russian neighbours still talk of a diplomatic way through, but with differing views of who s to blame. translation: | u leave | the direct verbal assaults against us unanswered. now it s important to focus on how to avoid war and how to force ukraine to stop the shelling and provocations against donetsk and lu ha nsk. if we need to fight, we will fight. if we need to be peaceful, we will be peaceful. volunteers for ukraine s homeland security no strangers to russian attacks on their country now preparing to protect their families, their country, they say if that s what it takes. mark lobel, bbc news.
a new discovery suggests they may be far bigger than we thought. hello and welcome to the programme. russia has been dealt a wave of new economic and financial sanctions as the west tries to head off a military invasion of ukraine. nato says there s evidence that russian troops are moving towards areas of eastern ukraine. president biden has accused russia of a clear violation of international law and announced new financial sanctions. vladimir putin ordered russian troops to be sent to eastern ukraine after recognising these regions, held by pro russian rebels donestk and lu ha nsk. the areas highlighted in grey, are zones already controlled
russia already shares a small part of its border with nato countries. if ukraine were to join, it would increase the number of countries in the alliance, on russia s borders. anders fogh rasmussen was secretary general of nato from 2009 2014. here s his assessment. he won t stop. i mean, ukraine is the first step. if he gets away with his coercion, his aggression against ukraine, then he will continue. so that s the lesson learned from history. appeasement with dictators will never lead to peace, it will only lead to war and conflict. that s why we have to stand, strong and united. that is the only language that putin understands. things have escalated quickly this week. on monday mr putin declared that russia had recognised the independence of the so called people s republics of lu ha nsk and donetsk.
standing here ust for this. and k iv standing here ust for this. and kyrv today. standing here just for this. and kyiv today. the standing here just for this. and kyiv today, the state funeral for a fallen soldier, captain anton from father of three goddesses killed by on saturday. he had been fighting pro moscow rebels since war broke out in the east in 2014. on the other side of the front lines last night, and celebrations in the separatist enclave of donetsk and luhansk separatist enclave of donetsk and lu ha nsk after separatist enclave of donetsk and luhansk after the cell proclaimed republic which is part of ukraine was recognised by moscow. the fear is the kremlin may soon send its forces across the border. this convoy was filmed today apparently heading for ukraine. if russian troops to cross, many here will brace for the worst. 0r like year end, bbc news. in the russian media, there s been universal praise for vladimir putin s actions.