angel merkel, francoise allan and vladimir putin we are talking about implements a cease fire. down the entirety of the front line in eastern ukraine, they were talking about the withdrawal of heavy weapons they were talking about the release of prisoners and allowing the o.s.c.e. into monitor and facilitate the implementation of these measures all of these things were talked about, they are still being talked about now despite the fact that fighting is still going on. but also down on the coast. i went to a press briefing at the russian foreign ministry earlier on today. and i asked the question alexandar. i asked him what this fighting meant, whether the separatist were trying to take new territory. >> active plans on the expansion of military action are not being developed by the militias but the representatives of the military including the top level of ukrainian authority. this is what their statements are indicating as well as their actions as the bottom. >> now also on thursday, the ukrainian army is trying to count it's losses, they say that 90 of their troops are captu

angel merkel, francoise allan and vladimir putin were talking about implements a cease fire. down the entirety of the front line in eastern ukraine. they were talking about the wrawling of heavy weapons they were talking about the release of prisoners and allowing the osce into monitor and facilitate the implementation of these measures. all of these things were talked about are still being talked about now, despite the fact that fighting is still going on. but also down on the coast near mario. i went to a press briefing at the foreign ministry earlier on today and i asked the question they asked him what this fighting meant whether the separatist were trying to take new territory. >> the representatives of the top level of ukrainian authority, this is what their statements are indicating as well as their actions on the bottom. >> including a outbreak of swine flu infect thing thousands in india. putting the nation's health system to the test. ♪ ♪ germany is rejecting a request to pay back it's massive loan. the government submitted a letter the euro group earlier on asking

later, francoise allan flew in bringing with them, a new peace plan to discuss with ukraine on thursdayand with the russians on friday. >> the talking comes as the fighting escalated in eastern ukraine, which everyone here blames on rush are sha and it's separatist allies. in brussells nato defense ministers put the finishing touches on their new response force, and it's spearhead of 5,000 troops deployable in days. it will have six command and control centers in eastern europe. rush are sha is meant to notice that we are taking these step, they are defensive, and in line with our international commitments. >> they also talked about rush are sha's decision to upgrade the nuclear missiles and apparently low terrorism threshold to use nuclear weapons. s in a day when western leaders are are trying to get peace talks started for fear the situation may spiral out of control. while they do so, nato is working on how to respond to the crisis if the talking fails. al jazeera. >> russian foreign ministry spokes men says the mood would be seen as a direct threat. >> this is not only fought with