then russia illegally annexed crimea and sent in troops to donetsk and luhansk.e for this kind of decision. going back to our prospective nato membership, we are very pragmatic and realistic and i do understand that we cannot get it in the short term. but in the long term, in case if we modernise our military, if we pass reforms that are needed for the ukrainian military, and we are on track with these, with the support of brits, canadians and americans, if we approximate ukrainian military up to nato standards it's in your interests to have ukraine as a nato member. we are defending your borders and your security. i come back to the phrase wishful thinking. vladimir putin in effect has a veto on ukraine's membership of nato, does he not? vladimir putin in terms of nato and ukrainian sovereignty. so you believe that putin is stronger than the leaders of the free world? i believe in realism and pragmatism. you say in ukraine... you're going to lose in this case. ..putin has thousands of russian troops on ukrainian soil. right. that's what you say. you say that rus

she was attracted by themovement's aggressive stance in its fight for political goals.lida is from donetsk, but fled to kyiv when the war broke outin 2014. she had a patriotic up-bringing.she was first introduced to azov while at a youth vacation camp.lida: i was working with children at a festival.it was run jointly by the government and azov. >>and now, lida works for azovin their youth activities department."azov" was founded in the spring of 2014 after conflict eruptedin the donbass region. with the regular army soonout-gunned by the pro-russin separatists, volunteer militiasformed in support. azov came to prominence aftertaking back the port city f mariupol from pro-russianforces. since then, its members haveenjoyed a reputation as touh fighters -- with ultra-rightaffiliations. lida hears from a colleague thata new batch of recruits will be beginning training today. >>offen stehen lassen! >>the chants glorify theirrace, and celebrate the call of blood.the new arrivals go through their first exercise drills onthis training ground in kyiv. azov has a fighting force ofaround 1500 men. th