u. s. jake sullivan said that it is a very novel plan. nothing like this has ever been tried before. ready and that's why they can't announce the specifics of his time as they're working on. yeah, no doubt. we'll wait for those details. james, in and significant developments out of brussels. nato is boosting it's true. forces from 40002300000. and that's a significant increase what i'd like to go, well, yeah, that's the, that's not nato forces because they have many more forces than that. this is there a rapid response element of their forces. those that can deploy a very short. ready notice, and the other thing they're doing is, is pre positioning more equipment, more air craft around the eastern flank of nato. they've had bases in the baltic countries in poland, in bulgaria, in hungary and romania. now they're effectively making those faces more permanent. the baltics have been pushing the multi countries pushing for this fact as a sort of trip wire. before they were brought up, we could act as a trip war and stop the russians. if there was an invasion for a short period, while rei

u. s. national security advisor jake sullivan. that's because a lot of what was discussed was detailed and very sensitive. we understand that were new commitments that were made to ukraine. we know that the us is saying that it's going to give you create new advanced anti missile systems, but medium and long range that have been reports of the nest. sam's system, which is a know which in the us system, very sophisticated that being one of the things that's going to be deployed, although that wasn't, hasn't yet been confirmed. meanwhile, 900 champions told hamburg has cold rock the most significant threat to security. as allies prepare for a summit in madrid, the group wants to boost its rapid response. troops from 40002300000 sudan is planning to recall its ambassador to addis ababa following accusations. ethiopia is murdered, 7 sudanese soldiers, and one civilian decades of tension. have been aggravated by a disputed border region. sure lanka is sending government ministers to russia and contact to negotiate for fuel. as petro pu

u. s. president, as well as the national security advisor, jake sullivan, and the secretary general of nato young stoughton burg. we're meeting in the oval office or rather in the roosevelt room earlier today. now officially, what we can tell you is that the meeting was about planning the summit that will be held in madrid later on this month. and also to, to discuss, know over some of the concerns about how the russian evasion of ukraine is proceeding and how the response has been thus far. but what there was also discussion about is the latest package of weapons that has been sent by the united states to ukraine. and specifically, i did have the opportunity to discuss with the secretary general concerns that have been raised by many around the world, including russia. the some of those weapons could be used beyond ukraine's borders and could be sent in terms of these missiles into russia and the risk that runs of escalating and even that this could be viewed as a provocation by russia. here's what the secretary general had to say. take a listen. ukraine has also made a fair unless you've

u. s. president, but also the national security advisor, jake sullivan. i in addition to the secretary general for nato in stoughton berg. what we do know is, according to the white house, this is officially about planning for the upcoming nato summit that will be held at the end of the month in madrid. we also know that the strength of the alliance is expected to be discussed, but expect that the details are going to drill down on really what is going on in ukraine. you mentioned there that very controversial weapons package being put forward by the united states. and the fact that those, those weapons packages include those rockets that can in fact go beyond the borders of ukraine and the concerns by russia that this could lead to direct confrontation . and the fact that there is some trust be relied upon that ukraine, in fact, will use some restraint. prevent that from happening. so that is certainly something that will be discussed. we should point out that the consultation between the secretary general and also the u. s. president. has been frequent