♪♪ . >> it's 9:00. this is sky news, our top stories this morning him bombarded and in circles. ukrainians seek safety as the shells rain down. special report. it's very close.

ukrainian president says his country's sovereignty must be guaranteed as russia claims its efforts on taking full control of the donbas region. the duke of cambridge signals support for green nations. the p&o ferry is detained in northern ireland after problems with documentation and crew training, a week after it starts. ♪♪ >> the drama, taylor hawkins died at the age of 50. in sport, grand prix green light. the race will go ahead, despite attacks in jetta. hello, good morning, ukraine has

woken up to a fifth weekend at war. but in a fresh message of defines, president volodymyr zelenskyy says his country's sovereignty must be guaranteed and ukrainian people will accept no less. he has more talks with russia. russia forces are effectively surrounding the shy city of chernihiv. we will bring you more. the humanitarian crisis worsened, ukraine says 136 children have now died since the start of the war. let's take a look at the key developments of the war, which have entered the 30th day. russian forces appear to have shifted the ground offensive in kiev to instead prioritizing what moscow called liberation of the contested dombas region. they suggest russia is likely to

continue to use its heavy fire power on urban areas as it looks to limit its considerable losses at the costs of further civilian casualties. ukraine's deputy prime minister said an agreement has been reached to open ten humanitarian corridors today, to evacuate citizens from lying towns and cities. as of today, u.s. president joe biden will hold talks with the polish president before meeting refugees in warsaw. in the afternoon, he'll make an address on ukraine. in northern ukraine, those who escape describe it simply as hell encircled on both sides, they witness the destruction of the city's final route for humanitarian aid. the main route has been continuously bombarded with little access to water and

electricity. our sky correspondent alex crawford reports. her report contains images of shrapnel wounds. >> reporter: this is the last route in or out or chernihiv across an open field where every vehicle can be a target. the city is surrounded on three sides by russian troops at this point and there is a stream of cars for civilians to head out of the combat zone. the zone is rapidly closing but the russians have spotted this escape route and minutes after we arrived, they hit it. the shells were very close. >> get out.

get out. there is a mad scramble to get out. the attacks keep on coming. the russians have used this tactic repeatedly in this war. lines of civilians lay on the ground as the shelling goes on and pick themselves up to walk through these bombings. they have no option, only chance and a prayer will get them through this, there are scores of people trying to flee with bags on their backs, they are guided through the fields by soldiers whose guns are no match for this heavy artillery. the russians have cut off chernihiv and targeting those trying to escape their bombs. inside chernihiv, the mayor has filmed some of the destruction. there is still an estimated

150,000 people trapped inside the city. it's strategically important because it stands right across the north route, chosen by russia for its advance on the capital. it's carnage, says the mayor. we take refuge in a gym and a basement with a group of volunteer soldiers. everyone who has made it out to chernihiv has withdrawn to nearby villages, themselves coming under bombardment. this gives the volunteer soldiers time to make upon the calls on, one month on, the family is a month away from the chaos and death they are seeing here on a daily basis. my heart is just breakings, one father tells us, it's so difficult. i am so used to being with my family they are my whole life. daybreak, they're trying to figure out how to get aid in and civilians out. the last route is closed and is clearly still being targeted.

one paramedic asked us for help. he tells us the bridge point has been shield 15 minutes earlier. now, he is wounded. he's been deafened by the blast, it was so close. he's got several shrapnel wounds. this had launched in his leg. he needs surgery. there is little that can be done on the roadside him one of our team does what he can. and shrapnel appears to have punctured his lung. he says he is finding it hard to breathe, targeting civilians and medics is a war crime. he leaves to try to get to a hospital with this parting message tore the world. >> we need your help. good luck. nearby multiple remains of bomb

rockets. they have identified them as cluster munitions used by both sides in this war. but the angle suggests these have been fired from russian positions. the united nations is investigating the use of cluster bombs as war crimes. there are constant sirens warning of impending ataxz on the nearby vejs, those who have made it out, talk of a nightmarish existence. it's hell, there, it's hell, this mother tells us. my children's god mother is still there. it's not possible to leave the shelter. there is no food, no gas, no electricity. it's just like mar poll. everyone is cut off the rituals of death have followed in between the attacks by those still struggling to live. this isn't real living. it's just surviving and those trapped in chernihiv don't know how much longer they can hold out. alex crawford, sky news, outside

chile. >> joining me from lviv in western ukraine where many ukrainians are settled. what is russia's change in strategy mean for the war? >> reporter: it's perhaps a face-saving exercise for vladimir putin and russian forces more than anything. we will have to see what the reframing of their objectives really means oak. but certainly it does suggest a real shift, when they invaded a month ago, the objective whereas to take ukraine to top him the government and to take the capital. none of those things have happened, russian troops are under immense strain in many parts of the country. now to reframe their objective of so-called liberating the eastern region of dombas is a much more realistic target for russian forces who have suffered huge losses in many areas. but we must remember that it is hard to believe what russia

says, let's not forget they vowed they weren't going to invade ukraine. vladimir putin repeatedly saying to the international community, they weren't going to invade and, of course, they did invade. and we've pals struggled to getting a rat information from them throughout the last four weeks. they repeatedly denied targeting hospitals, civilian shelters, that maternity ward in mariupol. so what russia says and does can be two very different things. we really have to see how this plays out, certainly, this senior russian general is trying to put a positive spin on things and russia achieved the first objectives. well, their objectives were to drive more than 3.5 million people out of the country and for more than 12 million people to need humanitarian assistance, more than half the children to be homeless and according to ukrainian officials for 136

children to lose their lives in the last month, it is hard to see how that represents success for russian forces. s the reframing objectives in terms of what they want to achieve here in ukraine. we will see how that plays out in the next phase of this war. >> thank you. the government faces criticism for delays in visas for ukrainian refugees trying to get into the uk. i they say the government is trying its best and is aiming to make the process easier. >> we are trying our best to streamline the system and make it as fast as possible. obviously, we've expanded a number of systems and the forms. to be filled if easier as people come across it, in fact, just this week, my team and parliament were successful in getting documents to hungary that can be reunited with family members. so there are hundred his if not

thousands of these things cleared on a daily basis. >> well, joining me now is feign fipd lay who has taken matters into her own hands to help the ukrainian family to find renew jersey in the uk and, jane, we were just hearing there from the police who says that the government is trying its best aiming to make the process yes, sir e easier for refugees coming into the country. would you agree with that? do you think the deposit is trying to assess. >> no, i say the government can hardly make it harder. it makes me quite emotional seeing how they can make this process really quick and simple. at the moment it's taking people hours and hours to fill in the forms. the forms went live on the 18th or march. it wasn't turned into ukrainian until the 23rd. the forms have been in english

and ask all their information to be in english. they ask the documents not to be bombed. they had to translate them and mentor into english. there are people traveling with children to prove the father was giving them per many eggs to travel, fathers defending and fighting for their country. they asked the people to prove that they lived in ukraine on the 1st of january. one family has a 13-year-old girl, has no utilities in her name. she had to translate that into english. the site went live two hours after nightfall in the ukraine when their family that was being blitzed. we had 11 hours moving out to be live with them online to help them fill in the forms. i am really fortunate i was able to do that. i heard first hand many of the sponsor families are difficult and they fell out with stress in the circumstance they fell out with the people they were

sponsoring. they didn't understand why so much information was needed from the uk people. the system is just unbelievable. it makes me so sad there are so many people in the uk that want to help. they are hoep opening their homes, the government system has to be made more simple. >> jane. so sorry to interrupt you there. so you made that connection with family you are saying and, of course, you were waiting for so long, so you are now in cali, tell us about the process and journey to meet up with family. where you are now. how close are you to coming back home. >> very close. it feels bureaucracy is getting closer. that's what's frustrating. we connected online. they were very nervous. i didn't know if they were real. but we rebuilt our friendship and built a trust between us. but they were too scared to leave kiev because they were scared of people traffickers.

it seemed to me the only way too give them confidence and for them to be safe was to drive to the border and collect them. so they are very good friends with pete jones. he agreed to meet me in berlin and they drove to krakof and we drove to the border and registered, so they can see all our passport details. and we waited for the family to cross the border and i hope never, ever to see again some of the things i saw at that crossing. sorry. >> jane. jane. absolutely fascinating, to hear from you. i know that that family will be so grateful, you know, especially that moment that they saw you there. i wish i could speak to you for much longer. we are restricted by time. i want to say a massive thank you. >> can i say one more thing? please, if you can, please, please, speak to them. it's not going to be passive.

the government has thrown in another policy, where we have to have checks before we can bring the initially to the uk. if you can't help, you saw the damage that's being done, please go to crowd fund and support the medical aid for ukraine, where an ambulance is there to help these people. >> thank you so much for your time. thank you. >> thank you. now, a ferry has been detained in northern ireland the coast guard agency says the trip was held due to failure from crew, vessel documentation and crude training. casey, just seeing the process with those 800 workers, the results of having to set so many people and trying to quickly train the ones, new ones in such a short space of time. some people say they actually saw this coming. >> well, precisely.

the problems were raised at the time last week when they made this decision to sack those 800 workers on the spot. people said, will these new agency workers have to require training and experience to run these routes safely? now the maritime and coast guard agency saying this is a key reason they have decided to detain this ship at the europe peep causeway if northern ireland because of multiple issues including crew training. now we heard from the policing minister talking about strong conversations ongoing between the governments of p&o ferry after the sacking of these workers. that is not going to no far for many people, including the union posturing for the government to go much further and seize those ships. so after the tension off the ship, much more pressure on the government today to intervene and really no much further. >> kt, thank you.

and the chief of cambridge has suggested that any decision by caribbean nations to separate from palestinian's monarchy will be supported with pride and respect. this comes as jamaica believes and bahamas face protest over colonial links and demand for reparations. our warning, that report contains some flash photography. >> reporter: it's been a tour where more than usual the couple have been under pressure to address certain issues that are big talking points across the caribbean. we didn't expect this from prince william's only speech in the bahamas. a clear statement about how he and the royal family feel about other realms cutting ties. >> i want to say this, we support with pride and respect your decisionsant your future.

relationships evolve, friendships endures. >> reporter: it has been the easiest of days. the weather not playing ball. but there was in way they could miss the famous parade. >> wherever they are and whatever the weather has often been said that the royals are in the happiness business and the issues could not be bigger. they're really high when it comes to potentially putting a foot wrong. >> reporter: at the end of the same street, we found a street named after a slave. they share history some believe they should be compensated for. >> we think on reparations as a way of gaining justice and repairing the damage that was endured through the trans-atlantic slave trade and as well as under development

that was left not only in the bahamas but really in the caribbean as a region. >> reporter: and the rights to the museum were more indifferent. >> we're independent. we have freedom. okay. so slavery to me has been like it's been abolished. so why go back? ♪♪ >> reporter: some have felt elements of this tour were colonial or outdated. the couple has been able to balance that and focusing on the impact of covid. and turning themselves into whatever has been asked of them. even in the pouring rain, they showed themselves to be good sports. realizing they both have an important role to play when it comes to making this tour a success or not. sky news, nassau, bahamas.

>> well, jackie is here with all the sport coming up after the break. what have you got for us? >> well, there is already a lot in formula one. when you add in a terrorist missile attack, you add a little bit more. we have the very latest from the saudi arabia grand prix where the formula drivers were locked into a meeting long into the night on an attack on an oil refinery close to the circumstances. plus, day two on the progress of the horrible heavyweight rematch. and we will have details of misfortunes on the second day. d. . it's amazing... hydrates better than the expensive stuff. i don't live here, so i'm taking this and whatever's in the back. it's already sold in the us. but i'm not taking any chances. the uk's best kept skincare secret.

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let's start with formula one, where in the past minutes the governing body have confirmed the saudi arabian grand prix will go ahead this weekend despite an attack on an oil refinery. there was a fire several miles from the circuit with houthi rebels saying they caused it. they delayed the start by 15 minutes before another gathering afterwards that lasts until the early hours of the morning. several drivers weren't sure about continuing. but assurances have been provided by the saudi officials.

and the chicago baseball team are on the short list as contenders by chelsea despite supporter's trusts after joe crickets was forced to apologize for comments he made in 2015. ukrainian boxer confirmed on social media he is to start training for a rematch with anthony joshua. the contest was endowed with his home country ukraine. he was fighting for them. he won titles back in september. some low order of resistance has given the western contradicters the lead in gre na da, a flurry of wickets happen

to have put england in control. josh desilva's half century helping them 232 to 8. meaning they are 28 runs ahead. there is plenty of tension in miami, nick kyrgios who won yesterday was find 19,000 pounds for smashing his racket and acting at ben stiller at indian wells earlier in the mon, a very expensive tantrum that one. you can see it followed by a qualifying live this afternoon on sky sports f1. f1 this is sky news breakfast. coming up, boxing eddie hearn will be on the show to talk world heavyweight champion

return to the sport following the invasion of ukraine.

. now, we were expecting to have the heavy weighted belt in ukraine. the champion went back to ukraine to fight for his company. he will start training for that rematch. eddie hearn joins us. thanks very much. i know you are busy. knowing what we know about ukrainians now, how motivated they are to defend their country, were you surprised he decided to put that machine gun down and pick up his boxing gloves again? >> i think it's a difficult decision. it's a difficult one for us, because we don't want to push them into a decision and to be

too emotionless. he needs to fire as well. it's been up and down, so a week ago, i felt the fight wouldn't take place in june. then all of a sudden we heard from his team saying he spoke to representatives in ukraine. he had the blessing obviously as the world heavyweight champion. it's the biggest title you can go out on a huge global audience. he obviously had the blessing of his country and his people. this is a decision he made. and that flight now will happen in june. we're in discussions with their-s now to iron out the venue for that fight. we understand he has left the country following his messages on social media this week and last night regularly and ready

to start for a june fight. >> the guy has the keep in shape. as he said, he was running around kiev with a machine gun for the last few weeks. >> yeah, he's a guy that has come up from cruise weight to heavyweight. he's never out of shape. like i said, it was difficult for us. we don't want to find him and his management team constantly during this time. we got to a stage, we need to know really what you want to do here. like i said, his countrymen are sitting there decided to miss his flight in june. they're very close, those two. so i guess they've had various conversations between them and at government level. new cities not just a huge global star he is, of course, the biggest sportscar in ukraine

being the champion. he would have gone to the high levels. there is a lot to be said about flying that flag and representing ukraine at this time in front of the world and probably showing that, you know, they're not defeated. their athletes are out competing and it's almost as much as busy as usual. he had a conversation with zelenskyy about that. what happens to him if he doesn't win, is he done them? >> no, he's definitely not done. this sport is very brutal. you lose the point for pound number two in the world and you are done joshua's resume is incredible. of course, he is a two-time world heavy weight champion but to be honest, he loves winning.

there is a lot of people put this off and are taken by it. tell only thing on their mind has been revenge. so he was one of the happiest people when he heard the news he was ready for that june fight. he has been training anthony since september. he has been dreaming about how he can get revenge and become champion again. >> i did love his post. he crossed into poland to start training and have a great night tonight. thanks for your great thoughts there. it's great news this fight is going to go ahead. so we'll have more shortly. but good news, this fight is going to go ahead. he put down the machine gun and picked up boxing gloves. he will be training for that

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welcome back. now the oscars will take place in los angeles this weekend. the war in ukraine is likely to be on many people's minds as they take to the stage. so many producers are refusing to rule out an appearance by president zelenskyy. our correspondent casey spencer has a special report now on why it won't be the first time the event has been used to make a political statement. >> hello, welcome to hollywood. we're athd at the world famous hollywood studios. let's see some of the nominees and most improved film is much needed. >> i always one day wanted to make a musical like west side story. >> people are creating jo i.

>> the intro spection drove me back to that time. >> i was there. >> i was excited about shocking and surprising people. >> what did you think? >> i just loved being here so much. >> have you ever seen pictures about this island in. >> no, i neff will. >> sorry. i got lost for a second. >> people have been curious about the royal family forever. >> you are letting yourself be led by fear. >> or by love. >> fear. 100% fear. >> many of the films have powerful political themes from conflict in northern ireland to climate change to racial division. as quite often with the oscars, politics conflicts with show business. the sunshine state, the hollywood glamour.

the movies designed to whisk us away from reality is a very long way from the conflict in ukraine. the war will no doubt feature the oscars. this is the 90th academy awards, among the tears, triumphs and disasters, it's been a platform for sentimental narrative. this year ukraine should be that challenge. >> they should rise to the challenge. >> i think it's important. you are given that platform. there are so many eyes, that's the right place to be talking about it. >> i will be curious to see how much it pops up. i have a feeling there will be a lot of love and support for the people of ukraine. certainly there will be a lot of urgency about the climate. then i think mostly people are going to celebrate film and story. >> reporter: could this include an appearance by president volodymyr zelenskyy, gip his background in acting? the producer will packer hasn't

ruled it out. >> the show is still in process. we're going to be very thoughtful about how we acknowledge where we are in the world. but the show is still in process. so that's not something we would definitively say one way or another at this point. >> reporter: some of the most impactful moments in oscar's history has been those speeches respectling the politics of their time. marlon brando in the god father declined that and sent -- >> the treatment by the film industry, excuse me. >> she was cheered and boo'd. i think people know it's very well-watched platform, where they can talk about issues which are important to them. >> climb change is real. it is happening right now. >> reporter: crucially the oscars are on a stage like no other. >> to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for

women. >> reporter: in such tumultuous times, impossible to separate the politics from the party. i am joined now by l.a. film critics. we're expecting ukraine to be featured, aren't we? it's brought up at the sag, critics choice, you can't avoid at big world events. >> yeah. with good reason. i'm so glad. i have been there. it's one of the best cities on earth. i am glad people are rally behind ukraine. >> the producer said it is a moment of escapism this weekend. you can't avoid talking about this. >> it's always going to be on the hearts and minds of people watching, definitely on the presenters and you know the people who are going to be accepting their awards will definitely hear quite a bit about ukraine, i believe. >> other big challenge for the academy to deal with, is all those numbers are so low, the

worst figures ever. they're trying to change that by bringing back the host. we have amy schumer, regina hall. here's what they had to say. >> it's crazy that you know i'm one of them. but it's exciting. it's very exciting. of course, my co-hosts are wonderful and i love them so much. we get together, get high, just go, let's see where it's going to fall. no, we have a great cast of writers and we come and bounce ideas off each other. i think that's what's so great. it's so collaborative. >> how do we feel about the hosts coming back then? >> this is historic. it's the first time three women will be hosting the oscars. that's exciting. i think people want to see different people hosting. >> they tease with a few trailers. we got to see the chemically. they seem to gel quite well? >> they do. i know it's much more quarantine. to me it's how the oscars began.

i grew up with people loving each other's work. i love watching to be honest. >> this is best picture winner then, ladies, who do we think will do it? far so long we have been talking about power of the dog as the favorite. has it changed now? smr the pta has always kind of predict what happened the best picture winner is going to be for the past 22 years. so we had coda wins at the awards last week. definitely it will be a tight race between coda and power of the dog. >> what's amazing is how electric they are. its usually a historic drama. this year a small family film, a giant satire, trying to push what best picture is. we desperately need that more than anything. >> it is a great lineup. even in power of the dog doesn't win best picture?

>> this is going to be the third them i time in history a woman is going to win, absolutely going to jane champion. >> she is a phenomenal filmmaker. benjamin cumberbatch told us about working with her. >> the investment she had in it. the amount of time and prep and production to being produced it's really nice. this is film. it was just really emyouering any enaenabling, it was full pe mission to be here. >> and so power of the dog is the front runner. there are fair few brits in the running. >> jane champion's nominations with 12, including a best actor nod for benjamin cumbermatch.

>> it's a long time. >> reporter: british homes also lie with an auto biographical nomination and judy d'oench was given a surprise shot in the actress short list. >> i'm coming back. >> the time keeps ticking. >> reporter: he welcomes oscar recognition if it shines the work on play write jonathan larsen. >> so play jonathan has been one of the most meaningful kind of experiences of my life. the more i talk about him and what he was about ethically and the songs that he sang and who he was singing for, that feels, so, yeah, it's a beautiful thing to be able to share his story. >> reporter: there was no room for spiderman or bond in the best picture lineup, despite the academy insisting on an expanding list. >> it's interesting to see the changes they've made in the hope by having ten nominees, you get

more big-hitters in there and the films the public see. it's very interesting that "no time to die" only had three nominations, that, of course, the film that saved cinema in some ways. >> reporter: the pressure is on the oscars to do something to halt declining audience figures with lost year suffering more than a 50% drop in viewers. and in a post-pandemic world, they relied on films with ten knots and west side story to bring back customers. the academy looks to spielberg magic to lure audiences back to the oscars. >> one of our big british hopes is the kenneth brainard's film belfast. can it get screen play? >> best original screen play i am sake it will go with him. >> here's what he told me about growing up in belfast.

>> it was to see whether you can find the story of a family in a difficult situation where humor and the other coping mechanisms we'd come up with to deal with differently times could speak to other people. this lockdown promoted that i think. because the introspection and feeling unsettled we all shared really drove me back to that time. >> reporter: the power of the dog is the favorite to win best picture. we all know academy loves the underdog. the question is, can surprise indy hit coda sweep in and take the night's big prize? >> reporter: it is a simple story, coda is one of the most radical oscar contenders this year, you a thentically cast and revolutionary in the insights it offers into deaf culture. less than a leg canadian ago in the original friend. film that it is based on, most

of the deaf characters were played by hearing actors. in what feels like a landmark the first male actor, it's olympian 30 years for marlee matlynn's nominee for "a lesser god." but then oscar history, coda will be remembered alongside the greats, not only for how deaf people are portrayed on screen,

but how its success represents an acknowledgment that authentic casting matters. there is still a long way to go. star of "a quiet place 2" >> regardless of whether "co da" wins best picture, the success of the family shattering film representing hollywood and who they're looking to cast. and to get more oscars information on our sky news back stage, watch exclusively on sunday night, and join me live on sky news monday with all of the winners. bye.

the four victims who lost more than 10 million pounds in the u.k. currency fraud collapse have won a remarkable battle to get all of their money back. the company is fined and condemned by the regulator for a failure to conduct business with skill, and care. barclay's has agreed to refund victims. >> this woman led her fellow four victims into battle and won back their money but it wasn't easy. >> it has been horrible and a lot of people got very ill. i think we lost six or seven claimants who died during the process. three died within six months of discovering that their money had been stolen and i think that's pretty gastly, to die knowing that your lifetime's work had

been scammed by some nasty foolster who had a license from the u.k. authorities. >> when premiere fx, a currency exchange firm went bust, 10 million pounds of its customers' money was missing. their crash cost them retirement homes, life savings and pension pots. and some of the dealings with ex pats in portugal and spain, premiere fx had been operating illegally. initially there was little or no help from the various agencies they appealed to. >> i spoke to her majesty's treasury at the beginning and said no one is interested in fraud in the u.k., and the u.k. government will only get involved if it is a big international scam and a certain amount of kudos in working together with our international partners to actually bring down some big crooks and he said, you know, it's good for us and it's good for the city of london. >> but the 167 victims

campaigned, and eventually, the u.k.'s financial conduct authority did investigate and with premiere fx gone, it put the company's bankers on the block, and it fined barclay's three quarters of a million pounds for the failings and the bank has agreed to refund the stolen 10 million pounds. the fca says there was a failure by barclay's to conduct its business with due skill, care, and diligence. premiere fx collapsed after its owner died suddenly in 2018. he was licensed by the financial conduct authority but only for transferring currency. unlicensed, he was encouraging clients to deposit funds with him, and then mixing up their cash with the company's. retired manufacturing engineer graham dike said his own loss was smile compared to others

but -- >> it was a flaw. fraud is an easy and frustrated form, and it's not just being stopped. it's not being checked. >> how surprised were you when you heard the good news? >> very. ecstatic really. >> where the money went is a mystery. but in portugal, police are still investigating allegations of fraud. martin grant, sky news. we've had lovely sunshine haven't we, recently? is it going to carry on? let's take a look. let's take a look. >> well, we're in for a spell of warm spring weather, temperatures on a downward trend over the next few days, bringing the risk of wintry weather.

and then we will clear to sun once again. however, clouds will shroud some northern and northwestern areas. and there may be some long sunny spells also for most of us, with temperatures reaching warm temperatures, eastern england will be clearer than recent days. there will be little change during the afternoon. but clouds and also sea fog in the north spreading westward. overnight, that misty, murky weather will spread onshore from northwest and southwest into central, southern england, giving a dull gray start there. clouds in the southeast will spread further inland tomorrow afternoon. we'll have all of the latest on sky news, from this morning,

and we'll be continuing coverage on the war in ukraine. in just a few minutes.

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this is sky news. ahead, the headlines. bombarded and encircled. the ukrainians fleeing to safety in a continuous russian bombardment. president zelenskyy calls on nations to increase their outputs in the economic war against russia. the american counterpart continues his trip to nato's eastern