you. in the meantime, defense secretary lloyd austin in bulgaria has encountered some protesters, but talking in the meantime about the battle on nato's hands. >> in terms of their, the russians' progress in the south, i would say that they continue to make incremental gains. i would also say that they've used some brutal, savage techniques in terms of the way that they're been -- they've been targeting civilian population centers. and, again, we would hope that they would choose a different path. neil: all right. the bottom line is though that's getting, you know, a lot of people scared, anyone in that neighborhood scared as this battle raises tensions that it could go well beyond ukraine. we just don't know. griff jenkins following all of that now with the very latest. griff. >> reporter: good morning. you mentioned 3.3 million