last year. and we ve been fighting a war against russia for the past eight years. nothing has significantly changed and so they re really pushing back at those soort of political level behind the u.s. insistence that this is a dangerous situation. matthew, are the people there in the region getting any instructions, being told what to do if russia moves forward? reporter: you know, there is not part of the ukrainian government is trying to urge calm is saying to people, look, jut plan as usual. don t take any particular precautions. don t panic. don t leave the country. don t dig a hole in your garden and hide in it in case you are bombed. just try to live your lives as calmly and normally as you can. at the same time they are stepping up training of civilian reserves, they re training sessions being held for self-defense forces in var towns