Tensions in Ukraine continue to mount as Russia held nuclear drills

Russia has surrounded Ukraine with around 150,000 troops, according to Ukrainian and US intelligence officials, raising the prospect of a Russian invasion and the largest conflict in Europe in decades.

Amid fresh fighting in Donbas region and wider tensions between Russia and the West, supporters of the pro-Russian Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk are urging Russia to adopt a more decisive line on their status.

For many Ukrainians, war with Russia is an ever-present reality. From 2014 to 2015, the photographers Jean-Marc Caimi and Valentina Piccinni aimed to capture the human cost of Ukraine’s never-ending crisis.

What people are saying?

John Dullea This is not a time for off hand remarks or sound bites, lives are in the balance. Good to have a president with an ego under control that isn’t in love with the sound of his own voice.

Doug Bright He only says what he’s instructed to say. But it’s now day four of when the Jake Sullivan invasion was expected and the only causality has been the truth. So thanks for that. I think.