the threat from russian aggression much more keenly here than in other parts of the west. this is eastern europe, it s a country that knows all about the threat from russia historically, of course. and we in fact have recently been on the eastern border of poland where two farmers were killed when a missile that strayed over the borderfrom ukraine, thought to be a ukrainian missile on that occasion, killed two people in a field. they are increasing their security, increasing their defences. there are patriot missile systems on poland s eastern border. these are countries that want to feel that nato is united in protecting them against what they see as a very significant threat. a threat they ve been warning against for a very long time, but here we have a president biden meeting these nine leaders right on russia s doorstep? this will not go unnoticed by president putin? no, it won t. of course, president putin has been couching his invasion as a response to a threat from nato right fr