First, we begin with the crisis in ukraine. Ceasefire talks have currently gotten underway in minsk. Representatives from ukraine russia, rebel separatist, and osce are all taking part of in the meeting held in the prorussian capital. Major victories in Eastern Ukraine with what nato says is open support of thousands of russian troops. France 24s chief Foreign Editor Robert Parsons is standing by for us at a checkpoint just a few kilometers east of the industrial port city. What is the situation at this hour . A huge as you said, just east of the city of mariupol which the rebels almost certainly supported by russians have been trying to take for the past 48 hours. As far as we gather, the advances they have made yesterday have been stopped by ukrainian forces, some of them volunteers. At the moment, you can see three tanks there that belong to a volunteer battalion. I spoke with some soldiers who came back from the fighting this morning. It has been very tough and has been going on in