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And potentially to grow. some of these troops serving in what are called nato battle groups. there were 5,000 troops across four countries in these battle groups shared by the nato nations back in february. nato says it's 25,000 troops. you aren't quite sure about that number. but 25,000 troops, around eight countries. i want to show people what that means. you have the today and tomorrow, about military deployments. then this nato rethinking. back in 2017, these nato battle groups were in estonia, latvi alithuania and poland. now help us understand. more u.s. troops but also more nato troops....

>> it certainly is. and we're watching it, poppy, as we see what is going on, we shows that leaders, this is a photo opportunity, they're all very serious right now, there is a war going on. and a lot of ukrainians sadly are being killed by the russians. >> yeah. and, general clark, to you, as i mentioned, joining the g7 leaders, you do have nato secretary-general jens stoltenberg, just off of that announcement yesterday, that nato is doubling its battle groups along the eastern flank. talking particularly about four of those battle groups in hungary, romania, bulgaria, and slovakia. wolf made...

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 peace. come with ukrainian symbols to support ukraine, 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 cl...

Streets. make yourselves visible and heard. say that people matter, freedom matters, peace matters, ukraine matters. >> all right. a call to action to the world, really. meantime, the american president joe biden in brussels for what will be a full day of emergency summits there. more sanctions are expected from the g7 and european council meetings. nato leaders will gather in several hours, and will approve the deployment of four additional battle groups to protect the alliance's eastern borders. contingency plans for russia's potential use of chemical or nuclear weapons will also be discusse...

Troops in nato countries near ukraine. in addition, the nato secretary general said today that the alliance will double the number of battle groups on the eastern flank to support ukraine. and while the president and leaders of the west meet tomorrow to see how they can further support ukraine, one item they will not discuss is ukraine joining nato. the stakes ahead of tomorrow's summit could not be higher. the point is being german driven home that zelenskyy is set to address the summit tomorrow morning by video. tomorrow's summit comes amid fears of what's vladimir putin might do to win this...