NATO approved wide-ranging plans on Friday to boost its defenses in eastern Europe, aiming to reassure allies nervous about Russia’s intervention in Ukraine that the U.S.-led alliance will shield them from any attack.
The plan, adopted at a summit in Wales, includes creating a “spearhead” rapid reaction force and pre-positioning supplies and equipment in east European countries so they can be reinforced within days in a crisis.
The initiative was intended to provide assurances to former Soviet bloc states that have joined the U.S.-led the alliance in the last 15 years, especially Poland and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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Source: Newsweek
