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.
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. translation: that s how it is. the local cherry blossom heralds the onset of spring, but no one is under any illusions that winter is coming. to the village of serhiivka, right across eastern ukraine. clive myrie, eastern ukraine, in donbas. there is much more from our bbc correspondence in the region on the bbc live page. there you will find all the details, including a sense