territory held by russian-backed rebels in eastern ukraine. russia s intention is not clear. they say its military movements on it owner story is completely normal, but of course we all remember when russia forcibly annexed crimea in 2014, the international community then responded with sanctions, but it was powerless to prevent happening and not long afterwards we saw russian-backed rebels seizing power in parts of eastern ukraine leading to this ongoing conflict with the ukrainian military. it s cost 14,000 lives to date, and despite an official ceasefire, recent reports indicate rising techs and repeatedded violations of that peace deal. now, u.s. supports the yea croon -yard line military with equipment and training, but it has stopped short of more direct involvement. nato says monitoring situation very closely, but the question is what can or would nato coin