some about the style, the demeanour of borisjohnson leading the government at the moment. of boris johnson leading the government at the moment. chris, thank you government at the moment. chris, thank you- of government at the moment. chris, thank you. of course government at the moment. chris, thank you. of course we government at the moment. chris, thank you. of course we will - government at the moment. chris, thank you. of course we will have i thank you. of course we will have further coverage of the story through the our photo itv news publishing allegation that there was a birthday party for the prime minister and over ten during the first lockdown in england in 2020. the nato defence alliance is beefing up its military presence in eastern europe in response to russia s buildup of troops near ukraine. ships and fighterjets are being deployed and its troops are on standby. meanwhile, the us is also reportedly considering sending soldiers to the region amid fears of a po
minister because of her faith. in the last couple of hours, new reports that borisjohnson had a birthday party when england was in its first lockdown with up to 30 staff allegedly celebrating in at number 10. let s look in more depth at our top story. russia and ukraine are at the bank with a real risk of military confrontation. we will spend a few minutes looking at why this situation has developed and why it is coming to a head now. tensions between russia and the west are growing. rapidly. a russian military build up is visible on the ground. and from the air. in 2014, russia annexed crimea and supported separatists in the east of ukraine. and concerns are again running high. it is the right time to remind the whole world that ukraine has been living under the threat of invasion,
and for some parts of ukraine real invasion and occupation, for the past eight years. but this time it really feels different. it feels different to western countries, too. they gathered in berlin and issued this warning. they gathered in geneva. we have been very clear that if there is any further russian aggression in terms of sending russian forces into ukraine, there will be a swift, there will be a severe, and there will be a united response. but tension between the west and russia isn t new. nor is russian pressure on ukraine. so why is this escalation happening? here are six reasons three short term, three long term. first, ukraine became independent in 1991 after the collapse of the soviet union. but vladimir putin still sees deep cultural ties. last year he wrote. and as ukraine s relationship with the west has deepened, so has putin s determination to stop this happening. here s the bbc s steve rosenberg. people here believe that mr putin sees himself as a leader on a hi