not everyone is a fool. nobody will attack their brothers. perhaps, but their slavic brothers remain within striking distance, just 30 miles up this road. it s now a dead zone because pro moscow rebels have been at war with ukrainian troops for the past eight years. up ahead is territory controlled by russian backed separatists and then the border with russia itself, where the road is almost empty today, no sign of trouble on the horizon, but russia s pressure on ukraine is a long term project, and here in the east, plenty of damage has already been done. and year by year, it is handed on. this is the baptism of a four month old baby into the ukrainian orthodox church.
says there is no going back. at the supermarket tills today, business as usual. no empty shelves, no panic buying, not what you might expect given all the talk of invasion. tatiana has seen a lot in her 7a years. she doesn t buy it. the invasion isjust in our heads, she told me. nobody is going to invade, not everyone is a fool. nobody will attack their brothers. perhaps, but their slavic brothers remain within striking distance, just 30 miles up this road. it s now a dead zone because pro moscow rebels have been at war with ukrainian troops for the past eight years.
but the fight for his own political future is far from over. peter saull, bbc news. simon miles is a professor of slavic and eurasian studies at duke university. hejoins me from bucharest. i would imagine there is a great deal of anxiety about what is happening at the moment. i haven t noticed that happening at the moment. i haven t noticed that at happening at the moment. i haven t noticed that at all. happening at the moment. i haven t noticed that at all. in happening at the moment. i haven t noticed that at all. in some - noticed that at all. in some conversations people have expressed concern but the sense here as indeed is the sense in kyiv right now is more tranquil than some of the headlines might indicate. that does raise the question headlines might indicate. that does raise the question about headlines might indicate. that does raise the question about what - raise the question about what exactly is the strategy that the white house is pursuing? antony on us tele
expect given all the talk of invasion. tatiana has seen a lot in her 7a years. she doesn t buy it. the invasion isjust in our heads, she told me. nobody is going to invade, not everyone is a fool. nobody will attack their brothers. perhaps, but their slavic brothers remain within striking distance, just 30 miles up this road. it s now a dead zone because pro moscow rebels have been at war with ukrainian troops for the past eight years. up ahead is territory controlled by russian backed separatists and then the border with russia itself, where the road is almost empty today, no sign of trouble on the horizon, but russia s pressure on ukraine
battlefront? i mean, quite literally and figuratively. well, russians are very proud and very, very nationalistic people. they really do want to have a sense of the unity, stability. but . you speak to many russians, they will tell you, we do not want war. invasion is not what we are looking for. many russians and ukrainians are related. russians will tell you that they feel that ukrainians are their slavic brothers. in fact, the two countries share really strong cultural and linguistic and religious ties. so, in general, there isn t sense here, on the street, in terms of the man in the street, that russians are looking for war. and simmons, moscow chief for the wall street journal. thank you so much, and, for helping us understand all of us tonight. thank you. up next, even with what s