In eastern Ukraine, tensions are on a knife edge after a weekend that's seen several reported deaths, masked gunmen seizing government buildings and accusations at the highest level that Russia is planning to invade. For its part, Moscow says leaders in Kiev are waging war against their own people. But just what is happening on the ground? Our correspondents Gulliver Cragg and Ksenia Bolchakova have been to take the pulse on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine border...

A show prepared by Patrick Lovett and Elise Duffau

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