the problem is these agreements were forced on us. the important part is that we re trying to, you know, return to normality at the same time that russians are trying to get us back into the status of soviet union. there s been other developments. yesterday, russian lawmakers voted to ask president putin to recognise the two breakaway regions as self standing republics. formal recognition of their independence would violate the minsk agreements. this is the view of one rebel leader. translation: the residents of donbas . have endured a conflict since 2014, l and their wishes to come as close as possible to russia has only grown stronger. katerina malofeeva is a ukrainianjournalist. she s been covering the conflict in the donbas region since 2014. we saw russia is asking president putin to recognise these two areas as independent as an accomplice to understand how people there feel.
russian to speak in the military uniform, russian soldiers coming in, and they say, we russian soldiers coming in, and they say, we are russian soldiers coming in, and they say, we are defending you guys from nazis say, we are defending you guys from nazis. where are the nazis? where are they? nazis. where are the nazis? where are they? this is complete nonsense and it are they? this is complete nonsense and it is are they? this is complete nonsense and it isjust are they? this is complete nonsense and it isjust brainwashed with the propaganda. that actually works, it has been propaganda. that actually works, it has been done for a long time. we are sorry. has been done for a long time. are sorry, we has been done for a long time. - are sorry, we have right now to go. great to talk to you. thank you for supporting ukraine. thank you for unity with ukraine. we continue to fight and we need help for our friends. . ~ fight and we need help for our friends. ., ,, , ., fig
to head towards the city. i think the foreboding is right across this country, with this attack that we have been reporting, so close to the polish border, so close to the position of nato forces, you really get the sense of the heightened risks, the escalation with every day that passes. in contrast, while the air raid sirens were wailing today and the sounds of explosions in kyiv, we didn t or at least not yet see that kind of loud explosions, the kind of rolling thunder we heard last night at the time that we spoke to each other. we still hear, though, of the fierce fighting, particularly on the approaches to the city, in the north east, and the north west and today in the north west there was the first death of a foreign journalist, a ukrainianjournalist had been killed and injured in this war but today was the first death of
still here, though, of the fierce fighting, particularly on the approaches to the city, in the north east, and the north west and today in the north west there was the first death of foreign journalist, a ukrainianjournalist journalist, a ukrainian journalist had journalist, a ukrainianjournalist had been killed and injured in this war but today was the first death of an american journalist who was shotin shot in irpin. you are being asked wh ou shot in irpin. you are being asked why you are shot in irpin. you are being asked why you are still shot in irpin. you are being asked why you are still here shot in irpin. you are being asked why you are still here by - shot in irpin. you are being asked why you are still here by people. | why you are still here by people. most of the ukrainians that we speak to are very grateful that foreign journalists and ukrainian journalists and ukrainian journalists are here telling the story. it is always and everywhere, there is the war that unfol