U.S. and Ukrainian troops will join Baltic allies for two weeks of artillery drills in Lithuania from Tuesday.
Military drills by NATO allies in Eastern Europe and the Baltic have increased in significance since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, shocking many former Communist states by how quickly Moscow was able to mobilize a force and dictate the narrative to portray itself in a positive light.
Since then, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have appealed for greater allied cooperation in the Baltic, hoping to minimize the odds of the same occurring on their soil.
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Source: Newsweek
