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Welcome to bbc news. i'm mark lobel. our top stories: as the war in ukraine enters its second month, the country's president calls for a show of support around the world. come from your offices, your homes, your schools and universities. come in the name of these. with ukrainian symbols to support freedom, to support life. nato says it'll double the number of battle groups deployed on its eastern flank in response to russia's invasion. a siege without end: we talk to one of the survivors of mariupol, the ukrainian city under relentless russian shelling. no return to class for the girls of afgh...

And right now president biden is on his way to europe for a high-stakes diplomatic summit. he will land to a new announcement that nato's chief that more troops are heading to the alliance's eastern flank. >> i expect leapeders will agree to strengthen nato's posture in all dough mains with major increases to our forces in the eastern part of the alliance. the first step is the deployment of four new nato battle groups. in bulgaria, hungary, romania and slovakia. >> and here to share the reporting and insight, casey hunt and mj lee, dan lamont of "the washington post" and susan glasser of "the...

Today's establishment of four new battle groups is a strong signal that we will collectively defend and protect every inch of nato territory. we're also expecting an announcement to measures help europe stop padding putin's pockets by purchasing his oil. "washington post" is reporting that will include surging liquid natural gas to europe and expecting the nato leaders gathered today to discuss china's role in aiding ukraine. so far it hasn't been with military equipment but nato officials are instead upset about chinese propaganda and cover for russia at the united nations as the u.s. prepare...

Jonathan, thank you very much. now strong words from president biden in brussels. the president saying russian president vladimir putin is wrong to assume nato would be divided over ukraine. the president stresses nato has never been more united than it is today, adding that staying unified is what will stop. nato currently has about 40 thousand troops from several countries under its command and it's heading for new battle groups to eastern europe with each between one thousand, one thousand and fifteen thousand troops. former trumped up deputy national security adviser victoria coats talk ab...

>> sandra: senator, appreciate you joining us, we will continue to monitor the confirmation hearings, thank you. >> thank you. >> john: nato secretary general saying the alliance is likely t deploy several new battle grounds into four eastern european countries to strengthen security in case vladimir putin moves further west with his invasion. rebecca grant, national security analyst and fox news contributor. i put up a screen here on the touch screen of all the nato nations. i have not put labels on them, test my geography here, but doubling the number of battle groups and here in slovakia, h...