the russian authorities brush aside western criticism. they claim not to care about sanctions. but this country is facing growing international isolation over the ukraine crisis. for now, that is a consequence moscow seems willing to accept. and the russian people? geopolitical tension is fuelling fear of conflict. we should be worried that all of this could spin out of control, pavel says. it s very serious. of course i m nervous, says this woman. we have sons, husbands. i don t want there to be war. russians are hoping that those leaders who take the decisions will take the right ones. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet, is in the capital kyiv and she s been reflecting on the events of the past 2a hours. this crisis in ukraine has
which was helping to name dead and captured troops. however other posts continue to be shared on social media. our correspondent, caroline davies, has been to the home town in eastern siberia, of one soldier featured in a video. the frozen plains of eastern siberia are far from ukraine s front line, but in a video of a captured young russian soldier his eyes taped shut asked where his home was, he said here, this small village. the soldier s name is pavel. i ve been shedding bitter tears for the past two days now, tamara, who was his russian teacher, tells me. elena is a neighbour. translation: i don t support anything. - i have no clue what is happening and why our younglings are sent there. i can t understand it. while the kremlin tries to control the narrative about the war, videos of captured soldiers spread on social media, creating
at the start of the pandemic, in darlington, we met kylie. i think it s absolutely fantastic. it sjust, it s helped massively. so surreal, you just couldn t imagine yourself being in this situation. in manchester, at the start of last year, we met pavel. he d just lost hisjob. i m an engineer, i was working on aircrafts and trains. so i m really qualified. but at the moment i m struggling. basically, in the pack, is absolutely everything we need to survive for a week for the family of four. many families are still struggling with the effect of the pandemic, and now with the rising cost of living, and the impact the war in ukraine will have on food prices. grazielle runs a hair salon in harpurhey in manchester. you know, i have one lady that knows the price of everything. you say, how much is sugar? well, in asda, the sugar is this much. in tesco, it s this much. she knows everything, i m like, how do you know all this? grazielle uses the bread and butter
the ukrainian president s office says there is a high risk of neighbouring belarus launching an attack on the country to help russia. but many belarusian dissidents are alreadyjoining the war to fight alongside ukrainian forces. 0ur correspondent in poland, mark lowen, has met some of them. gunfire. a trial run for the terror they will soon see for real. recruits from belarus, training before they go to fight with ukraine. slavic brothers uniting against a common enemy putin s russia. pavel came back from his life in new york to battle the kremlin s forces, who are supported by president lukashenko of belarus. without independent and free ukraine, there is no independent and free belarus. i really admire ukrainian nation. from the very beginning, we supported ukrainians in their fight for freedom, and i would like to have my belarusian nation to be as strong and powerful as ukraine
but many belarusian dissidents are alreadyjoining the war to fight alongside ukrainian forces. our correspondent in poland mark lowen has met some of them. gunfire. a trial run for the terror they ll soon see for real. recruits from belarus, training before they go to fight with ukraine. slavic brothers uniting against a common enemy putin s russia. pavel came back from his life in new york to battle the kremlin s forces, who are supported by president lukashenko of belarus. without independent and free ukraine, there is no independent and free belarus. i really admire ukrainian nation. from the very beginning, we supported ukrainians in their fight for freedom, and i would like to have my belarusian nation to be as strong and powerful as ukraine is right now.