r t. charlotte dubin ski told me more, but all of us a little earlier, we got confirmation from you. in stockton burke, the secretary general of nato, exactly what the plans are for the alliance in the short term. perhaps the longer term that he talked about, the fact that the allied leaders of agreed on for new battle groups that are going to be stationed in countries such as bulgaria, romania hungry. and so back here that will add up to the food that are already on those eastern flanks, meaning that they will not be 8 battle groups in situ that us troops that are currently stationed in the e u. and that there were 40000 forces that were also under the direct control of nature command. and he said that all of those troops were currently on the high alert because of the situation in ukraine. he said they were backed by naval and asked support. and that there was an unprecedented 5 carrier strike groups from the north of europe, right, the way down to the mediterranean sea. so a real sense of how nature is boast. the allied leaders that agree to reset their de terrence and defense for

let's get more on this now and speak to or correspond charlotte dubin ski. hi there, charlotte. clearly pressing issue right now, what came out of that counseling meeting? well, this was european home and this is, as you mentioned, who agreed a 10 point plan to help you with the ukranian refugees. there are some 3800000 who fled ukraine into the european union. and this plan is about how to deal with them in terms of the registration of who arrives in to ensure that children are getting access to education. but some of the major points that this plan has been implement do with include the concern around criminal networks that could be looking to profit to take advantage of those who fled the war in that country. the, you know, as a result of has activated it m t trafficking plan, this is impact the french and to administer. she had down raising concerns from information services, saying that they were already starting to notice the presence of criminals who were looking to exploit women and children. and that point was reinforced by the commissioner johnson w

it's all going on today on with other, my less cross library europe. corresponding charlotte dubin ski from paris. hi charlotte. the main takeaways than from mister stilton, berg's pressure. what decisions? what can we expect from the summits at large today? we got confirmation from yen stilton burke, the secretary general of nato. exactly what the plans are for the alliance in the short time. perhaps the longer term that he talked about, the fact that the allied leaders have agreed on for new battle groups that are going to be stationed in country such as book area, romania hungry, and so vacuum that will add up to the food that are already on those eastern flanks, meaning that they will not be 8 battle groups in cities as still to describe it from the baltic down to the black sea. so right away down the east in front of the nato alliance. and he talked about the fact that at the moment there are 100000 us troops that are currently stationed in the u. and that they will 40000 forces that will also under the direct control over nature command. and he said that they were also mainly in

r t. charlotte dubin ski picks up the story for us. we got confirmation from in stockton burke, the secretary general of nato. exactly what the plans are for the alliance in the short term perhaps the longer term that he talked about, the fact that the allied leaders of agreed on for new battle groups that are going to be stationed in country such bulgaria, romania hungry. and so back here that will add up to the food that are already on those eastern flanks, meaning that the down to the black sea. so right away, down the east in front of the nato alliance i, he talked about the fact that at the moment there are 100000 us troops that are currently stationed in the e u. and that there were 40000 forces that were also under the direct control, wanted 5 carrier strike groups from the north of europe, right, the way down to the mediterranean sea. so a real sense of how nature is bolstering it supports in part of bits, alliance member groups at the moment, and they just said the allied leaders that agree to reset their de terrence and defen

hold a press conference later on developments less cross live now to our, your correspondence, charlotte dubin ski. joining us from at paris. indeed, tickers through what's expected to be talked about today. charlotte, on what may come out of that press conference just just about to starts will bring you an update on what's been said at that new to meeting. but we do know, going into the conference, nato was looking to assess it's longer term strategy as a result of what it described as a russian aggression. although it was quite clear, it not send troops in to ukraine. we understand ukrainian president as lensky has addressed the need to meeting in brussels today. so we'll be updating your what he said. but we do know that nato is looking to strengthen in the long term. it's forces, particularly in the eastern flanks of the alliance. jen sort of berg said on wednesday that would include land see an air and also for new battle groups in countries such as book area, romania hungry, and slovakia that will now see 8 battle groups being on the east and frank basically all the way from the baltic d

russian leader rejected the majority of the crowns arguments during a 90 minute conversation. charlotte dubin ski tell us more. the worst is yet to come. a very stock assessment by francis president on the situation in ukraine. now that followed yet another long phone call with his counterpart president putin, of the russian federation with an aide to macaroni, saying that apparently the french leader believes that putin is intent on seizing the whole of the country of ukraine. now, a french official also suggested that preaching told me that the war in ukraine was going to plan. but malcolm was pretty blunt when he told him that he was making a major mistake, saying he was lying to yourself. it's understood that preaching continued to assert that russia is trying to demilitarize and to de not si, fi ukraine, but president michael was holding back very bluntly saying that ukraine wasn't a not see way shane microns own assessment of the cool was pretty pessimistic. according to this tweet, i spoke to president putin this morning. he refuses to stop his attack on ukraine at this point. it is vi

contrast to previous years and conflicts when those from other countries were denied refuge. charlotte dubin ski takes us through when the wolf started in ukraine, millions picked up their belongings and fled with no sense of what would come next. they were many women and children. they packed into trains cause buses or just simply walked crossing the border into countries like poland, hungary, on slovakia, and they were greeted with open arms. sport senses were converted into temporary refugee senses. food and water was handed out on arrival. people open to that homes to the refugees, and governments have even offered to residency permits with working right since accessed health care and education, it has been a huge, warm humanitarian hug. santa was even there to greet children, traumatized by the conflicts with coming here. i see he's face the war. this is a said bob to i won't give him the 510 minutes maybe who helped me to minutes smiling, thinking about the toys about the last note about what the situation was a fall cry from 2015, 2016. when refugees from syria attempted to make simil

not more lethal aid will be delivered to key f r t. charlotte dubin ski picks up the story. we got confirmation from the n stoughton berg, the secretary general of nato. exactly what the plans are for the alliance in the short term. perhaps the longer term that he talked about, the fact that the allied leaders have agreed on for new battle groups that are going to be stationed in countries such as bulgaria, romania hungry, and so vac air that will add up to the food that are already on those eastern flanks, meaning that they will not be 8 battle groups in situ there, as total both describe it from the baltic down to the black sea. so right away, down the east in front of the nato alliance i, he talked about the fact that at the moment there are 100000 us troops that are currently stationed in the e u. and that there will 40000 forces that will also under the direct control of nature command. and he said that all of those troops were currently on the high alert because of the situation in ukraine. he said they were backed by naval and a support. and that there was an unpreced

your charlotte dubin ski. the west has repeatedly said it's not at war with russia and susan penn. again, we are not weighed in the war against russia ass europeans to day, but we support the grain. we arnold part of this conflict, nato is not seeking a war with russia and we are not interested in getting into world war 3 in a conventional military sense, such as boots on the ground that is exactly true. but unlike the warfare that is unfolding in ukraine at the moment with troops and soldiers, war doesn't have to be full like that these days into a new dimension in warfare. crippling economic sanctions. ok, so waging economic sanctions isn't exactly a new idea. in fact, u. s. president woodrow wilson once described such measures as being more tremendous than war. what's different this time around is the unprecedented nature of the measures. western countries have let all hell break loose as russian banks have been cut off from the international systems. big businesses have withdrawn from trading in russia and the rubel has nose dived and in this new battlefield, everyone is feelin