natives, they have detected no signs of a russian troop withdrawal. nato secretary general gets dalton burg, describe tensions with russia in eastern europe as the new normal and as go to d. w correspond mathias at berlin, a neck here. the you credit the ukrainian capital welcome mathias to how these conflicting signals about russian troop withdrawals are being interpreted there. well, there was a slight sign, a sigh of relief because, or everything has been culminating towards something. and then this announcement by russia took some pressure off, but of course, nobody knows here whether russia is really withdrawing its forces. this is highly contested for them. in the mean time, however, a people here in ukraine continue about their lives as they have been doing for the past few days and weeks and just to day this morning. for example, i don't know whether you can see them well, but there is a demonstration here on independence square my done in in key. if it has nothing to do with this conflict, it has nothing to do with russia or than i or nature or the military. it's about tax reform.

yes, dalton burge, the secretary general of nato. a telling our colleague, terry shows that they do see an increased risk and an increase likelihood that putin is going to move ahead. and interestingly, the germans also are increasing or ramping up their travel warning about ukraine. in fact, telling all german citizens in ukraine that they should leave. now, that's an intensification of a previous warning, where they simply said that people on urgent business should consider whether seen right. richard walker did the chief international editor covering for us immunity care security conference. thank you so much. tensions and eastern ukraine are flaring up as must come back separatists running the region. i've begun evacuating civilians to russia. they've accused ukraine of artillery shelling and they're now calling for larger mobilization. keith denies any attack saying it's villages near the separatist control areas have been under bombardment. on friday, the separatist leader in one of ukraine's breakaway regions was telling peopl

live coverage of the munich security conference with speeches from nato secretary general yonge dalton burg here commission president ursula on the line and german chancellor of schultz. moving on. let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world. canadian police say they've arrested more than 100 protesters who's been blocking traffic in the capitol. ottawa for 3 weeks demonstrators. angry about cove at 19 restrictions have paralyzed parts of the city. the crisis prompt and prime minister just and trudeau to enact emergency powers. wildfires are still spreading in northern argentina after burning more than 6000 square kilometers. over the past week. emergency teams are fighting more than a dozen blazes that are destroying farmland and ravaging a major national park. the region has suffered a months of drive to anti temperatures. they got a good will at least 9 people have been killed as a 2nd. major storm swept through northern europe on friday. strong winds have uprooted trees, damaged buildings, and reeked havoc with transportation. across the continent. here in

general jens dalton burg has called the crisis a new normal in europe. insecurity latest pledge comes after ukraine and president lensky, a criticized lions for not coming to his country's aid. diplomatic editor james space reports now from brussels. troops, tanks and weapons are on the move across europe. as nato continues to reinforce its eastern front, it's member states who are closest to russia. now the alliance is activated elements of its response force. thousands of extra troops over a 100 jets are on high alert. 120 warships are in position. nato leaders met by secure video conference for the 1st time. since the start of the russian invasion, as fears grow that the ukrainian capital could be taken soon. how fearful are you about the possible fall of key? and if we move to a resistance, insurgency type situation, what support can nato then give? what we have seen is that term, ukrainian forces are fighting bravely and are actually able to inflict damage on the invading russian forces. ah, but again, it is a very fluid, under anglo and evolving the situation. nato allies expres

that mr. dalton burger made in his opening remarks, he was talking about a new normal for european security. what else stood out for you that what we heard from secretary general stilton burg today is that nato has decided to activate. it's nato response force. this is, it's very high readiness, rapid response force for the 1st time for purposes of collective defense, it's been used for a natural disasters and to protect public events. but this is the 1st time these forces are going to be used, sent to the eastern flank for deterrence and reassurance purposes. now secretary general suttonberg did not tell us exactly how many troops were going to be used, or exactly where they be going. and from, from which garrison's they'd be coming, but we would expect to see this in, in the next very few days because that's the purpose of the rapid response force. so i think we'll be seeing some movement very soon. and we've heard of the reason, days that this, this invasion, housing factor united nato allies are more than ever yes, that's what nato will tell you in. and that in fact is also what i hear behind the scenes. and you'll often hear a lot of grumbling about the united states,