meeting set for later this week where u.s. president biden will also attend. how far might they go in helping ukraine, particularly with pressure coming from president zelenskyy for a no-fly zone over ukraine skies? reporter: well, that s really an open question still, rosemary. obviously the nato member countries have been supplying a lot of weapons to ukraine and even by threats that they could be a target for russian forces. we see clear unanimity that there will not be a no-fly zone over the skies despite what president zelenskyy has been calling for. they are considering sending more anti-air systems to ukraine so ukraine can try to close the skies. it is still contested and they have a chance to retake control if they do have those weapons.
people are walking by, going for coffee. but people here in ukraine they want to fight for their freedom, they want to fight for their country. and we will do that. and vladimir putin definite. yeah. i mean, we have to say the ukrainian people have been extraordinary with their pushback here. peter, ukraine has rejected russia s demand to surrender mariupol in the south. but president zelenskyy says he is ready for negotiations with putin to end this war. there are options for compromise already being discussed. but how delicate will this likely be for zelenskyy in terms of what he will and won t accept in any possible peace negotiation and what the ukrainian people will or won t accept? you hit the nail on the head with this question, rosemary.
arrived near the capital of kyiv sunday, escaping the fighting in their home towns. here s how one of them described her escape. translator: they re shooting with everything they can. so we just took children and drove away. where do we go? we don t know. just away from that hell. i d ludmila, this is anna and those two are my sons. you can go to cnn.com/impact to find several ways to help. still to come, despite calls for diplomacy in ukraine, china continues its business relationship with russia. why this may not change any time soon. we re live in beijing with the details. that s next. with mucinex nightshift you ve got powerful relief from your worst nighttime cold and flu symptoms. so grab nightshift to fight your symptoms, get your zzz s.
this, particularly as it fails to condemn the violence? reporter: that s right, rosemary. the ambassador s remarks are consistent with china s longstanding condition, they are firmly opposed to all forms of sanctions saying they are not behind this conflict and they will maintain normal economic trade with russia. we have started noticing changes in the last several days. they are starting to mention ukraine s security concern as part of their consideration in formulating their position and policy with the ambassador and foreign ministry here also highlighting the humanitarian assistance to ukraine, even though it is small in scale. moments ago, the chinese foreign ministry announced more assistance to ukraine at $1.5
mariupol, though, for the parents, though, it s really traumatizing. we ve been talking to people who have left behind parents and grandparents still under russian bombardment. people who are now trying to figure out where to take their families left if there are other safe places in this country. before russia invaded ukraine, mariupol had a population of more than 400,000 people. ivan watson, cnn, ndipro, ukraine. nato allies are meeting to discuss ongoing deterrents and defense efforts in response to russia s unprovoked attack on ukraine. for more on this, we want to bring in cnn s natasha bertrand live from brussels. what can we expect to come out of this extraordinary nato