NATO to deploy 4 further battle teams to 4 international locations in Eastern Europe as a result of Russia’s aggression

NATO leaders have authorised the deployment of 4 additional battle groups to member states Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovakia.

Ahead of Nato’s summit on Thursday, March 24, the US Ambassador to NATO Julie Smith stated forces from totally different NATO members will deploy to the Eastern European countries to counter Russian aggression in Europe.

Smith mentioned they’re “not simply national forces,” saying further particulars can be revealed on Thursday.

Talking at an Atlantic Council event, Smith mentioned NATO is in discussions about its medium- and long-term power presence in its eastern European flank.

“We’re going to have to make a sequence of ongoing evaluation about our power posture that may take us weeks and months into the long run,” she mentioned, including “it’s nonetheless an open query” of how the alliance takes the NATO-Russia Founding Act — which NATO allies consider Russia is “in clear violation of” — and strikes to its longer-term posture.

“All choices are on the desk,” together with everlasting basing, she mentioned.

Smith then claimed Poland’s proposal of a NATO peacekeeping mission for Ukraine isn’t “lifeless within the water,” however mentioned there are “plenty of open-ended questions” and “allies need to know extra about what Poland is suggesting right here.”

“We need to encourage any such recent pondering,” she mentioned. “Nobody ever shirks or turns away when an ally brings an thought into our discussions right here.”