they re eager to show us how they have been living and fighting here, in a conflict involving russia that has been largely forgotten, but which has taken over 14,000 lives in the past eight years, according to united nations. ivan has been here the whole time, like the other soldiers here, he says they re confident they could face a new russian invasion. of course, we are worried for the administration and we will wait here. reporter: do you think that will happen? this bad situation? i am not i don t know, i don t know what is in the guidance territory. reporter: but for you, the war has already started in. of course. reporter: we are taken to the farthest point forward, where sandbags and tires are piled high. then. so there was a burst of what sounded like automatic gunfire, we are just 70 metros, we areled to, from the fighters on the other side of the front line.