But it's now been ten months since russia started massing troops here, a gun held to ukraine's head for almost a year. what's really being planned behind the kremlin walls? as the troops assemble and the political plots swirl, the west is still left guessing. paul adams, bbc news. samuel charap is a senior political scientist at the rand corporation and co—author of the book, everyone loses: the ukraine crisis and the ruinous contest for post—soviet eurasia. i asked him if the last week of talks have changed the situation with ukraine. in terms of the diplomacy, there has been no movement ...