NATO to deploy troops in Baltic against Russia

NATO to deploy troops in Baltic against Russia

BRUSSELS, June 13, (APP): NATO to deploy troops in Baltic against Russia

 

NATO will deploy four "robust" international battalions to Poland and the three Baltic states as part of the wider response to Russia's intervention in Ukraine, alliance head Jens Stoltenberg said Monday.

 

"We will agree to deploy by rotation four robust multi-national battalions in the Baltic states and Poland," Stoltenberg told a news conference ahead of a meeting of NATO defence ministers starting in Brussels on Tuesday.