now it's important to focus on how to avoid war and how to force ukraine to stop the shelling and provocations against donetsk and lu ha nsk. if we need to fight, we will fight. if we need to be peaceful, we will be peaceful. volunteers for ukraine's homeland security, no strangers to russian attacks on their country, preparing to protect their families, their country, they say. if that's what it takes. mark lobel, bbc news. in a moment we'll get the latest from westminster with adam fleming. first let's speak to our kyiv correspondent james waterhouse. good morning. what is their reaction to what has happened there? well. to what has happened there? well, look, if the — to what has happened there? well, look, if the last _ to what has happened there? well, look, if the last eight _ to what has happened there? well, look, if the last eight years - to what has happened there? well, look, if the last eight years of - look, if the last eight years of russian aggression have taught us anything, when its bigger neighbour exerts itself, politically