sergei lavrov that western arms shipments to ukraine mean that nato is in essence engaged in war with russia lavrov s trademark over the course of, what is it, sort of 15 years or so, that he s been the russian foreign secretary, has been that sort of bravado. i don t think that right now there is an imminent threat of escalation. i think what the west is doing to support its allies in ukraine is very well calibrated. i think that, throughout the conflict and in the months beforehand, there were these moments where russia sought to remind the west, or threaten the west, that to support ukrainian sovereignty would be to risk seeing this expand. everything we do is calibrated to avoid direct confrontation with russia. russian forces withdrew from northern ukraine at the beginning of april, but occasional shelling continues in border areas. the village of senkivka was once
if you want to understand how far things have fallen between the neighbours, look over my shoulder where you can see an arch and below it two monumental statues erected in 82, showing soviet workers to symbolise the peace and friendship between russia and ukraine. in a few hours, those statues will be destroyed. the mayor of kyiv will be there. if you want to understand how bad things are, that event will show it. ., ~ bad things are, that event will show it. . ~ , ., russian forces withdrew from northern ukraine at the beginning of april but occasional shelling continues in border areas. the village of senkivka was once the site of festivals celebrating friendship between ukraine, russia and belarus. now the town s few remaining residents say they are living in fear, as yogita limaye reports.
is very well calibrated. i think that, throughout the conflict and in the months beforehand, there were these moments where russia sought to remind the west, or threaten the west, that to support ukrainian sovereignty would be to risk seeing this expand. everything we do is calibrated to avoid direct confrontation with russia. russian forces withdrew from northern ukraine at the beginning of april, but occasional shelling continues in border areas. the village of senkivka was once the site of festivals celebrating friendship between ukraine, russia and belarus. now the town s few remaining residents say they are living in fear, as yogita limaye reports. barely a highway in ukraine that doesn t tell of war. past a bridge destroyed to stop russia s advance,
sanctions and international condemnation, love those are taken and presented to russians as examples of western aggression against russia. examples of western aggression auainst russia. ., ,, , ., , . russian forces withdrew from northern ukraine at the beginning of april, but occasional shelling continues in border areas. the village of senkivka was once the site of festivals celebrating friendship between ukraine, russia and belarus. now the town s few remaining residents say they are living in fear, as yogita limaye reports. barely a highway in ukraine that doesn t tell of war. we travelled to the northern edge of the country. senkivka, the last village by the border with russia and belarus. it s still being shelled. only a few of its residents remain.