Ukraine-Russia crisis: The soldiers on the front line

In Avdiivka, eastern Ukraine, for the last eight years soldiers have been fighting Russian-backed separatists.

Tensions are mounting in the area, after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised the so-called people's republics of Luhansk and Donetsk as independent states, ordering in troops for "peacekeeping" operations.

BBC International correspondent Orla Guerin spoke to some Ukrainian soldiers on the front line.

23 February 2022