i of russia, of course, coming in from the east, the rebel held russian backs area called don, but the don barzyk region moving in from there. and of course, from the south here, where russia has a naval base on crimea, which it illegally annexed back in 2014. so we can get a closer look at where some of the major fighting is actually happening all around ukraine. now all eyes are, of course, on key of the capital of ukraine. that's in pretty easy reach you can see from the map pretty easy reach from belarus. again, iraq and ally of russia reports suggesting that russian forces are moving down into the north that there's fighting, taking place just outside the center of the city. now remember that this is also where government officials are said to still be ukrainian government officials and russian leaders have said they will go after them if they can. so a very powerless situation for ukrainian infrastructure for ukrainian political ah, leaders there as well. now, of course, coming in from the east,

we've had troops pushing in from russia itself, from beth is in russia. moving across this dispute region where, where separatists have been holding that territory since 2014 and moving into cities, they are or inter areas around there. and moving in from the south as well. russian troops coming again coming up through from crimea. now the question is, will russian troops be able to come up from the south and the east and essentially encircle ukrainian forces? that's the question. if they can do that ukrainian forces that are mainly in the east would be cut off from defending any points further west, such as the capital of kiya. that is the big question that everyone is looking at right now. very perilous times for ukraine. indeed. and we have also been hearing of course, of the amphibious assault coming in on the south. now with

a lot of course, we don't know how much came ukrainian forces jar outnumbered, be able to hold up against russian forces. how long that can do that, how many more russian forces there are to still commit into ukraine? and of course, what exactly are russia's goals here? is it to split the country completely a half? is it a take it over and see regime change? there's a lot, we just don't know right now. very, very difficult times ahead of that. we're looking at right now and of course losses on both sides being reported a lot. we just don't know. i william, thank you so much for that update. and i want to bring it, bring it back and discuss the stated reasons from vladimir putin for invading ukraine. as we've discussed. he said it was the danger of the nato military alliance coming to close to russian territory. but now with war on it, the doorstep leaders from the military alliance are holding a virtual summit to discuss increasing its presence on its eastern border. when nato is made up of 30 countries with the us. of course, the most powerful,

if we take a closer look at its european borders, you can see that the baltic states of estonia and lot via both border russia, while lithuania borders rush as ally, belarus. the troop deployment in estonia and lot via are small, with just over a 1000 each while reinforcements from germany recently landed in lithuania. poland meanwhile, has just over 6000 troops at the moment, and the member states on the southeastern flank, have smaller garrisons. the u. s. is sending reinforcements as the alliance moves to strengthen its eastern flank. and i get right across to the nato headquarters in brussels, where dw correspondent and nato expert terry schultz joins us live a terry. what can we expect from the virtual native summit that is taking place today? hi. well, i think everyone is trying to show a sign of unity against this invasion that happened despite the most powerful

countries in the world, warning that it should not. and so after the european union leaders met last night, it was important to bring the united states into the equation, and that's done here at nato. so you'll see the 30 leaders come out with a joint statement, of course, demanding that russia stop its invasion of ukraine, threatening that to make it pay a high price. but at the moment, you know, they're going to be sending reinforcements to their own border. but the sad thing is they really can't do a lot at the moment to help you crane their tornado troops. they've been sent to support the security of nato members in eastern europe. but are these troops going to be staying there for longer? i that's certainly unknown at this moment. what nato likes to remind moscow is that those troops weren't there at all before it invaded ukraine. the 1st time in 2014 and ceased crimea, because of course, one of moscow's demands is that nato troops pull away from it's near us borders

with, with a, these european countries. so i think that, you know, any expectations that these troops would be able to, to leave the baltic states and poland anytime soon as certainly been thrown out the window. and there's something else interesting that we talk about here at nato headquarters. and that is, that there is something called the nato russia founding act, in which nato promised not to leave permanent stationed troops on his borders with russia. but there's a lot of talk now about whether that agreement even exists at all with what russia has done lately. so those troops could well be stationed there much, much longer if not permanently. now, another element to this conflict is the growing threat of cyber attacks from russia . also targeted at nato member states is nato really prepared for such attacks. that's true and new has actually been helping ukraine now for years to build up its own cyber resilience. but of course the hackers and the cyber criminals are always one step ahead of you know, the people who come along trying to fix things. so i'd,

natal governments have been warned to expect further attacks, and in fact, we have seen some of those attacks. certainly we saw, we saw elements of, of ukraine's infrastructure absolutely paralyzed in the days leading up to the invasion. and they were told to expect that as well. i think that nato countries do have put a lot into their cyber defense into their collective cyber defense. and they know to be expecting this, but you never know if it's enough and until it happens. and terry, just briefly, if you can, can you give us an idea of the timeline? what is coming next in this meeting? and when can we expect to hear some resolutions or decisions at the 30 leaders are now in me, in the meeting a secretary general stolen berg just opened it with some very brief remarks, calling on russia to stop. it's aggression against ukraine, a lame blame squarely on the kremlin for what's happening there. and then moved into the closed session, which we expect to last a couple of hours. we will be hearing from the secretary general when that wraps up

around 5 pm brussels time, central european time. terry shoulds for us in brussels. thanks so much for your reporting. and if you're just joining us, let's get a recap of the latest developments on the 2nd day of russia's invasion of ukraine. kremlin officials say president of your approach and is ready to send a delegation to bell ruth for talks with ukraine. and that announcement was made as the you revealed it will freeze personal assets linked to mr. brewton. the news comes as ukrainian forces continue to battle with russian troops on the edge of ki, if the streets of the capital remain largely deserted after another night of attack . that prompted many people to take shelter in underground metro stations. an apartment building was also partially destroyed overnight. ukraine that it shot down to russian missiles and a fighter jet over the capitol. and the ukrainian government says, 137 people have been killed since the invasion began, while hundreds more have been injured. they went across now to our russian affairs

analyst, constantine aga, he's on the wine from vilnius lithuania, constantine, we're hearing now that the kremlin is suggesting talks with kit in minsk, the capital of bella, ruth, and an ally of russia. what do you make of that? well, it's in imitation proposal because of the conditions that are attached to that mutual status for ukraine and disarmament of ukraine. that's, i mean, in other words, it's unconditional capitulation. that's not what the brain gums remember agreed to . and i think that this is just an own stock from the beginning. it's an attempt to show that russia tried piece again before probably launching a much more massive assault on your grain. i suspect that this is probably, if you wish, the p r goal of that. so in your assessment,

it is perhaps russia's attempt to rehabilitate its image and yet the world is still looking in disbelief, rushes invasion of ukraine. what is your assessment of president vladimir putin and russia standing now in the world? as this invasion gets underway? i can tell you, one thing i've worked in corporate are for some time, will be briefly. it's a p r. these are all the magnitude which probably haven't seen before, and this is not going to be easily correct. it was the devil, the beast offers on, and it all may work to parts of the domestic rational, but not for the world. what we see is the iron curtain descending on the russia very, very quickly. we know that mister pulcher is calling an emergency session of russian security council tonight. i wonder what we'll hear from him, but so bothered small diligence. and i think that to jeff doesn't really care

anymore about the image abroad. and i am quite worried about the decision that may be taken, that the security guards, or rather the decision that mr puts in the will will present through the security council. because all the decisions are evidently taken only by him. and this is a very dangerous moment, this specially because of this mounting pressure. and we know that put in a horse to, to look week and he may go which are more drastic nurse and much more important than the optics are the fact that this is the 2nd day of the invasion with russian troops. advancing quickly, what are you expecting will happen next, including at the un security council? what greatest we can do. i do not think the rushing troops progress towards. you know, that go that quickly. i think emotional program i served will be briefly in the army and i do not see this is

a lightning victory that probably was built into the plan. and as we see, the image is pouring into russian homes by social media, of course, not by the television. i'm certain that lots of russians. i don't know whether it's the majority of or probably not the majority, but a lot of russians. i think he, oh, we did not subscribe to that. as for the security council, well, the security council meeting is just a pro forma facade for mr. poacher decisions. if you're talking about the security council, what i suspect, he may know that he's launching more troops into battle, putting in to go that he is probably deploy more troops on the west and go to russia, especially because today the part of ministry said that in sweden, and finland opt to join nato and their leader from prime minister in the presence

of a threatened respect to the present at the nato summit now. and i remind you need another line nations then the for me to said the russian for mr said that there may be conflict. so maybe he will in our deployments, all of our new trips to, or maybe even nuclear weapons students in his folder. i don't know, we don't know what goes input and have this is the probably actually the biggest problem of this company. certainly the question of the our constantine agra, joining us from vilnius. thanks so much for that update. thank. so when i turn it back, now it to ukraine and demarco jango is anika, nit ski and the rest of the country. and he's a consultant for the d. w academy, which promotes media freedom around the globe. and he has moved his family out from kim. thank you so much for joining us during this difficult time. first of all, i want to hear about your personal story. how difficult was it to leave kia for you

and your family? i think it's her. i mean, it was very difficult and it was mostly unexpected. well, because it was just a regular evening and we went to bed and suddenly at 5 pm, you just hear the explosions, which you can differentiate from all other types of explosions. and we understand that the war starts. and so the 1st decision of me and why my wife was to pack and to try to lease keith, which we did, we just took our kids with, took our closes sinks and personnel. the lawn in sands hid their old and in the west, like we will not to loan them on that and the will quite a lot of people and it was a very long and stressful 10 our journey to go to the western city kobylinski where we are out with huge of traffic jams and a lot of tanks approaching us ukrainian tanks, which will go into keel and then use we're all in the phones reading the news. and

during this time, martial law was implemented, russia across the board of ukraine and invaded from several characters. and we were just like in it and it was bruin and everything was happening so fast. and then suddenly you had been here, this smell of the powder in the air because a lot of places were hit by missiles and they will burn in. and of course it was very stressful, especially for the kids who always us. you've had to grab your things up and leave with it. whole drain in toe, no less. how on earth you explain something like this to your kids? it is, it was a very difficult decision. and really it's really like salt to the car and discuss it with my wife. because the one hand you don't want to live with. on the other hand, you don't want your kids to go through that. but then we decided to tell the truth

and we said that we are leaving because i, yes, this morning turned out to be a dangerous place. and we want them to be safe. and we think that the war will start. and it was a very, very hard conversation with the kids. and we received, of course, a lot of questions. main of them, which was like will daddy go to war? and the answer was, i don't know, and it was still don't know what will happen in the next 24 hours. and i think that's harder. spart. and we have heard in this show that on ukrainian television, i mean citizens are being given directions on how to make molotov cocktails with the idea of defending himself against a russian invasion. have you.