the early morning hours here was, according to the ukrainian military, a large attack on ukrainian towns and villages that started from the separatist areas. the largest since 2018. a lot of the border area is not heavily populates do it did not cause significant damage or casualties. one kindergarten in ukraine was damaged but no children were hurt. the ukrainians are saying this is an attempt to provoke them into a fight, to goad them into a fight to give vladimir putin an excuse to move in potentially as peacekeepers, to protect that besieged russian-speaking area, that besieged pro-russian enclave. now, the pro-russians are saying just the opposite happened. they say it wasn t an attack with dozens of mortars and
i m crying and all these women are also crying because they left their husbands back there. much of moldova s border with ukraine is controlled by the authorities in transnistria a pro russian enclave with its own paramilitary forces. we ve just passed through a moldovan police checkpoint, and behind me is a checkpoint manned by russian peacekeepers, here on territory that is internationally recognised as belonging to moldova. behind this checkpoint is the start of transnistria a breakaway pro russian region. last year, moldova followed ukraine in electing a pro western government. i asked the moldovan prime minister if she was worried russia might pose a threat to her country, too. we are indeed concerned. if international law is violated, if agreements are not withheld, if peacekeeping mechanisms