president biden will meet with allies to discuss deploying more troops close to the conflict. i expect leaders will agree to strengthen nato�*s posture in all domains with major increases to our forces in the eastern part of the alliance. 0n land, in the air and at sea. despite continued talks between russia and ukraine, there's no sign president putin is prepared to back down and end the suffering inflicted on ukraine. but despite the grief and bloodshed the country has already endured, months on, there is no sign ukrainians are prepared to back down in the defence of their country. gareth barlow, bbc news. ivo daalderjoins me now. he served as the united states ambassador to nato from