belarus, an ally of russia, he was giving a brief and was national security council, looking closely at that, it seems odesa, the port city in the south west of the country, is also on the sides of the russians, and also part of donbas, but we are hearing through social media reports of people based in part of donbas that certain is towns and cities there are also turning over the russians quite quickly. it seems in the past 24 to 48 hours a lot has happened already on the ground, and this is still with this huge convoy, less than 50 kilometres away from the capital, here. kilometres away from the capital, here. kilometres away from the caital, here. ~ ., ., ~ ., capital, here. what do we know about that? capital, here. what do we know about that? why capital, here. what do we know about that? why has capital, here. what do we know about that? why has that, - capital, here. what do we know about that? why has that, and | about that? why has that, and what evidence has there been
in all. they were driving to a beautiful archaeological site of ancient temples in southern egypt. a truck was parked on the side of a narrow desert road, the driver probably asleep. the first bus in the three-bus convoy side swiped it, tore off the whole side of the bus. anybody on the right-hand side of that bus, most of the people killed or wounded. people on the left-hand side of the bus were mostly okay. six american women and two men were killed, 21 injured. two egyptians were hurt too. no information yet on names and where the americans are from. these are dangerous roads. it s the third such tourist road crash in three months. a bus flipped over in october, killing eight foreign tourists. last month six more died in the crash. they were from belgium. the americans in the two other buses in today s convoy stopped their journey, of course. it isn t clear whether they ll stay in egypt or return home. alex? nbc s martin fletcher in london, thank you. president obama is closing