This is Alexand, a 700-year-old town about 100 miles from Moscow. I've come here to find out what people think about the dramatic situation which has been unfolding in Kersk region with the Ukrainian incursion.

We need to be more careful.

It's important that there's no war. That's what's the most important. Why? Why? Why? Why? Why Keep in mind, this is a nation which is constantly being reminded by those in power here of the horrors of the Second World War, the horrors of invasion.

World War II is very much part of the national psyche here. Now, for the first time in more than 80 years, you have foreign fighters on Russian soil seizing Russian territory. That's quite a shock.

I'm hoping for the world. I'm not praying for anything right now. I'm praying for the world, the world, the world, and nothing. We haven't had a normal leader. Yeltsin, Gorbachev, Stalin. We were very lucky. The last normal leader was Alexander III. And now Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovitch. We were very lucky. We need to appreciate it. We need to do everything so that he can work properly. What do you like about Putin? A man who thinks, who think, who think, who

. How do you think it will end?.

What's the meaning 'pobeda'?

When the world gets to the king, then it will be the first victory. Today, our country is united like never in modern history. We are standing strong, shoulder to shoulder, supporting each other and those who are now especially in need of our attention and care, our defenders..

How much does it affect you, the situation in Korsh, in Korsh, in Korsh, in Korsh, in Korsh, in Korsh?

It's very much. It's very much. We have a lot of information from the Internet and from the TV. There's a lot of contradictions. I would like to.

What conclusions could we draw from all of this? Well, people do seem worried, very worried, by the situation in Kersk region by the Ukrainian attack. People do want peace. There's no doubt about it. But here's the thing. They still seem to trust the man at the top, the man running the country, President Putin, to secure that peace for them. The same leader who, two and a half years ago, launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.