vladimir sotnikov joins us from moscow. from washington dc, we are joined by nigel gould-davies. he is a senior fellow. and a former u.k. ambassador to belarus. welcome and thank you for being on insight story. western leaders have been tilting unity in their response to russia, announcing new military aid to ukraine and new sanctions against moscow. will this be enough to deter president vladimir putin. >> well actually, i think results of this is very important meeting in brussels. my point is that even the growing up, the rapid increasing of the native forces on the borders with russia and the very much harsh economic sanctions would only speed up the card will of russian president vladimir putin. he already announced a very unexpected solution to pay in rubles for guest supplies to european countries. i think at the end of the day, and might be looking like a loose position. russia will reply with symmetric measures. folly: interesting. our ukrainian leaders, how are they viewing the s support from the west? does it go far enough? >> i would like to clarify. that sounds very