for the international reputation of russia ? the image of russia right now in the west is of a country which is ready to use force. it is a problem of image makers from the west. for them, russia is a threat for sure because they know for sure that we are equal in terms of nuclear weapons and missiles. they understand that clearly. we are the only country in the world with the same possibilities as america. for now, ukraine and the west are waiting for more evidence that russia is pulling back, that moscow is committed to resolving this crisis peacefully. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. amid the international warnings of an imminent russian invasion, there s no obvious sign of panic in eastern ukraine, where many are already war weary. a on going conflict between russian backed separatists
are waiting for more evidence that russia is pulling back, that moscow is committed to resolving this crisis peacefully. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. amid the international warnings of an imminent russian invasion, there s no obvious sign of panic in eastern ukraine, where many are already war weary. an on going conflict between russian backed separatists and the ukrainian government has claimed more than 14,000 lives in the east, since 2014. our international correspondent, orla guerin reports from the strategic port city of mariupol, just 30 miles from ukraine s border, with russia. history looms large over mariupol. the soviet past carved in stone. moscow hankers for the dominance it lost. but ukraine has moved on and says there is no going back. at the supermarket tills today, business as usual.
what does it all mean for the international reputation of russia ? the image of russia right now in the west is of a country which is ready to use force. it is a problem of image makers from the west. for them, russia is a threat for sure because they know for sure that we are equal in terms of nuclear weapons and missiles. they understand that clearly. we are the only country in the world with the same possibilities as america. for now, ukraine and the west are waiting for more russia is pulling back, that moscow is committed to resolving this crisis peacefully. steve rosenberg, bbc news. amid the international warnings of an imminent russian invasion, there s no obvious sign of panic in eastern ukraine, where many are already war weary.
international politics, where you abandon the notion that america fights for freedom and democracy on every battlefield. i don t think any american wants american troops in the ukraine. i don t think that s going to happen. that s really off the table. deterrence is really the key here to stop an invasion and to stop a war. and that s what i m talking about we need to ramp up the deterrence. and i applaud the president for talking about tough sanctions and deploying the troops to the eastern flank all those are good things. yeah, i may have a split in my party on this thinking, but i do think i m correct on that in the sense that i think history treats us the same way. if we were isolationists again, before world war ii and during that time, the nazis would have taken over the european continent, and that didn t happen because the united states got involved in the war. i m not saying we want to go to war. we re very war weary, but i don t want to see putin move the lines in countri
russians are blocking asylum seekers. reporter: at america s southern border, anguish and uncertainty for the war-weary. christina was in kyiv when russia unleashed terror from the skies. i just woke up from bomb. reporter: she fled to poland and then france and then mexico. unable to bring her parents or brother along. just crying. so. hug them so much goodbye and we don t know. maybe they don t look at each other anymore in this life. reporter: traumatized, shaken, waiting for a chance to apply for asylum in the u.s. two weeks. reporter: you have not been able to cross despite that you are fleeing war. we just try to go there. reporter: this man and his wife fled as soon as the invasion began before the russians turned their home to