VILNIUS: The United States will move 500 troops to Lithuania in October for a six-month deployment, returning to the Baltic region where it first sent soldiers after Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula in 2014.The US military presence, part of a broader Nato deterrent, is likely to reassure Baltic allies that US President Donald Trump remains committed to Europe’s eastern flank despite recent Pentagon cuts to European defence projects.“The message is that the US forces can arrive whenever and wherever they might be needed, with the forces that might be needed,” said Lithuania’s Defence Minister Raimondas Karoblis.“The US is choosing …read more
Source:: theSun
