speaking a head of the summit, nato secretary general ian staunton burg warned that an anticipated russian offensive and eastern ukraine has already begun. he says you, cranes backers are now in a logistical race to supply it with weapons and ammunition. the u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin earlier gave the opening remarks at the ukraine defense contact group whose dozens of members coordinate, military assistance to keep. let's take a listen to some of what he had to say. a still very, very good will. so when you own your own that should resolve rocky. i will, you will not grade level children role. that was your looking around this room today. i know that our unity will only grow. we all understand in russia we're, this isn't just about the great right to live and security. also about find a world in our children. and we can frustrate to d, w, brussels bureau chief alexander that phenomena who's at the nato headquarters. and we're also joined by dw correspondent in keith nick, commonly and alexander. we just heard there a strong message of support from the u. s. defense secretary