eastern flank warning that the russian threats has become the new normal and yours is that all suttonberg spoke to reporters after a meeting of nato defense ministers affirmed their commitment to members in eastern europe, on this about 24 hours after russian president vladimir putin said some of his troops were returning from the ukraine border area to their bases. i'll us welcome all diplomatic efforts. there are signs from moscow. dr. diplomacy should continue. but so far, we do not see any sign of the escalation on the ground. norwood rolls over troops or equipment. this may of course change. however, what we see today is that russia maintain some massive invasion force ready to attack, want to take an hour to nato h q, where i'm joined by r d w. corresponding to terry schultz. terry nato. secretary general. yes, dalton berg, alluding to russian pressure, not going away. what does this mean for the alliance? well, lately you heard the secretary general refer to what he called a new normal. and he has explained this before as well. that due to russian actions due to this enormous build

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, for example, coming in and, and telling nato what it's doing and acting like that's consultations. you don't hear that this time, in part because they've been so open about the intelligence that they've shared. and remember, there was some skepticism leveled at at the united states with these reports that the invasion was going to happen on february 16th or then on february 21st these different dates. but in fact, it did happen and, and the allies have said many of them that t

mr. suttonberg wrote those lines for this our se soon, for news views. hughes coming away and actful ring, the latest headlines on the ukraine crisis in just about 30 minutes here on our international i am in the good old was signed on february the 12th 2015. it was meant to end military conflicts in ukraine between government forces and don bass militia groups . the agreement stipulated that both sides would withdraw heavy weapons to an equal distance from the contact line is left several 100 settlements trapped between opposing forces. local civilians became unwitting witnesses to and victims of the continuing civil war. thousands of people still live in small towns and villages that have become the new front line. they call this area the greys own a with but it was yeah. because with oh yes, yes we is. are you no israel, you sure. yeah, yeah. do club with an example which is one of the gravestones most popular residents. he's the only electrician still here off to civil war, broke out in the settlement of alexandra for him. the front lines don't just outside the gates of his own h

i asked secretary general suttonberg directly. will you still talk to vladimir putin after this invasion? and he did not say that he was revoking his invitation to talk to the russians any time i think that they're going to leave open the option, the only reasonable option for ending the conflict of dialogue. and you'll also note that the european union in the sanctions, it placed directly on president putin and on foreign minister lab rav. it did not impose a trouble ban on them because they want them to be able to come and talk. they want people to be able to go and talk to them. nobody thinks that there's a military solution to this crisis, and that's still the predominant line. but i think you have nato allies meeting now constantly in at 30 well 30 allies around the table talking about what more they can do to help ukraine. short of course of boots on the ground, but you see more equipment pouring in. you see more aid. you see humanitarian aid. poland has offered to be a hub for both nato and the european union because you ca

i asked secretary general suttonberg directly . will you still talk to vladimir putin after this invasion? and he did not say that he was revoking his invitation to talk to the russians any time i think that they're going to leave open the option, the only reasonable option for ending the conflict of dialogue. and you'll also note that the european union in the sanctions had placed directly on president putin and on foreign minister lab rav. it did not impose a trouble ban on them, because they want them to be able to come and talk. they want people to be able to go and talk to them. nobody thinks that there's a military solution to this crisis and that still the predominant line. but i think you have nato allies meeting now constantly in at 30 well 30 allies around the table talking about what more they can do to help ukraine. short, of course, have boots on the ground, but you see more equipment pouring in. you see more aid. you see humanitarian aid. poland has offered to be a hub for both nato and the european union because you

i asked secretary general suttonberg directly. will you still talk to vladimir putin after this invasion? and he did not say that he was revoking his invitation to talk to the russians any time i think that they're going to leave open the option, the only reasonable option for ending the conflict of dialogue. and you'll also note that the european union in the sanctions had placed directly on president putin and on foreign minister lab rav. it did not impose a trouble ban on them, because they want them to be able to come and talk. they want people to be able to go and talk to them. nobody thinks that there's a military solution to this crisis and that still that predominant line. but i think you have nato allies meeting now constantly in at 30 well 30 allies around the table talking about what more they can do to help ukraine. short, of course, have boots on the ground, but you see more equipment pouring in. you see more aid. you see humanitarian aid. poland has offered to be a hub for both nato and the european union because you

so i think this is something we should bring to mind to mr. suttonberg. wanted to ask you, mr. markovich, nato was calling on russia to immediately cease its military action. withdraw from ukraine and choose diplomacy. does that sound likely to you at this point? no, not at all. i think that's for reference. this is showing that the promise which has been implemented for the past practically 8 years has not worked. how can we have diplomacy? went around the table. you looking for peace to protect the russians because of, of ukraine at the same time, from the native side send out weapons and counselors send out fundings to the ukrainian military. and i think at one moment, russia decided to handle the settled the situation itself. i think it's been very complicated decision to take, but after 8 years of tell me of nothing productive coming on. let's not forget that the war did not start this morning. the war started in 2014. after the cool organizing kit, we've had over 14000 people dying in don best over 30000 wounded over 1000000 refugees, refugees. nobo

i asked secretary general suttonberg directly. would you still talk to vladimir putin after this invasion? and he did not say that he was revoking his invitation to talk to the russians any time i think that they're going to leave open the option, the only reasonable option for ending the conflict of dialogue. and you'll also note that the european union in the sanctions had placed directly on president putin and on foreign minister lab rav. it did not impose a trouble ban on them, because they want them to be able to come and talk. they want people to be able to go and talk to them. nobody thinks that there's a military solution to this crisis and that still that predominant line. but i think you have nato allies meeting now constantly in at 30 well 30 allies around the table talking about what more they can do to help ukraine. short, of course, have boots on the ground, but you see more equipment pouring in. you see more aid. you see humanitarian aid. poland has offered to be a hub for both nato and the european union because yo

prime minister bars johnson and nato secretary general gen stoughton bag of held talks in brussels. suttonberg said the possibility of conflict remained high. the number of russian forces is going up. the warning time for a possible attack is going down. nate was not a threat to russia, but to must be prepared for the worst wat remaining strongly committed to finding a political solution. renewed russian aggression will lead to more natal presence, not less. let's take a look at nato's biggest military interventions until now. afghanistan was near to was largest operation when one of the biggest ever international crisis management's the military lines took charge 2 years after the u. s. invasion in 2001 later bite uprising in libya, 11 years ago, overthrew and killed. veteran leader mama gadhafi. and following the breakup of yugoslavia in 1992 natal warplanes, carried out a bombing campaign, killing around 2 and a half 1000 civilians. the operation officially ended in 2004, after tens of thousands of you and mandated peacekeepers were sent in. theresa fallen as a former member of the strategi