, the uk government thinks _ david lambie, the uk government thinks it— david lambie, the uk governmentt can have this position of being a bridge between the eu and the us _ being a bridge between the eu and the us. they are conscious they cannot— the us. they are conscious they cannot afford, and ukraine cannot afford. _ cannot afford, and ukraine cannot afford. to— cannot afford, and ukraine cannot afford, to be shutout cannot afford, and ukraine cannot afford, to be shut out of these conversations so they are trying to walk a _ conversations so they are trying to walk a very— conversations so they are trying to walk a very careful path, but there is no _ walk a very careful path, but there is no doubt — walk a very careful path, but there is no doubt that in the last few our correspondent steve rosenberg travelled to the city of tver, from the capital. the war in ukraine is hundreds of miles from here. it feels closer. in the background, but ever—present. three years after russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine, war is the new normal. "i think negotiations will help," tatiana says,