washington. two putin's new year escalation. >> todd: and a massive russian convoy closes in, steve, what are you seeing? they coy small explosive just behind me a few minutes ago. it appeared to be a rush and drown taken out by ukrainian defenses. as you imagine, the peace talks about to get underway on the border between belarus and ukraine. the ukrainian delegation arriving by a polish helicopter. the president of ukraine not taking part in those talks. he is staying in kyiv with pretty low expectations. the main goal of those talks on ukraine side would be immediate cease-fire. people coming out of their houses for the first time in several days. the curfew has been lifted appeared some lines 50, 100 deep and people being stuck in curfew. the fighting overnight continues. more shelling of the capital city. fighting in the second largest