even the school trips haven t stopped, as ukrainians still can t quite believe the worst predictions. sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv. president putin has long made it clear he sees ukrainians and russians as one people linked by history. but his desire to keep ukraine within russia s sphere of influence is threatened in part by ukraine s wish to join nato, the defence alliance of countries in europe, along with canada and america. since the end of the cold war, several countries have applied to become members, expanding the organisation, pushing it towards the east. ukraine has long wanted tojoin, and now the west believes russia may be willing to go to war to stop it. so what s motivating the kremlin in these next crucial hours? steve rosenberg reports. eight years after russia annexed crimea, is moscow on the brink of
ukraine and russia as one people, linked by history. his desire to keep ukraine within russia s sphere of influence is threatened in part by ukraine s desire to be part of nato, a defence alliance of countries in western europe and america. since the end of the cold war , countries have applied tojoin nato, expanding the organisation and pushing it eastward. ukraine has long wanted tojoin, and now the west believes russia, may be willing to go to war, to stop it. so, what s motivating the kremlin, in these next crucial hours? steve rosenberg reports from moscow. eight years after russia annexed crimea, is moscow on the brink of another invasion of ukraine? the west seems to think so, but what s the kremlin s view? western leaders may be warning of an imminent russian military escalation in ukraine, but moscow dismisses all of that as hype, hysteria.
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is threatened in part by ukraine s desire to be part of the nato, a defence alliance of countries in western europe and america. since the end of the cold war, countries have applied to join nato, expanding the organisation and pushing it eastward. ukraine has long wanted tojoin, and now the west believes russia, may be willing to go to war, to stop it. so, what s motivating the kremlin in these next crucial hours? steve rosenberg reports from moscow. eight years after russia annexed crimea, is moscow on the brink of another invasion of ukraine? the west seems to think so, but what s the kremlin s view? western leaders may be warning of an imminent russian military escalation in ukraine, but moscow dismisses all of that as hype, hysteria. and if you look at the way the state media here has been
president putin has long made it clear that he considers ukraine and russia as one people, linked by history. his desire to keep ukraine within russia s sphere of influence is threatened in part by ukraine s desire to be part of nato, a defence alliance of countries in western europe and america. since the end of the cold war, countries have applied tojoin nato, expanding the organisation and pushing it eastward. ukraine has long wanted to join, and now the west believes russia, may be willing to go to war, to stop it. so, what s motivating the kremlin, in these next crucial hours? steve rosenberg reports from moscow. eight years after russia annexed crimea, is moscow on the brink of another invasion of ukraine? the west seems to think so, but what s the kremlin s view? western leaders may be warning of an imminent russian military escalation in ukraine, but moscow dismisses all of that as hype, hysteria.