: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Britain says to contribute troops, planes to reassure Baltics over Russia


By Kylie MacLellan
Britain will send four Typhoon fighter jets again this year to help NATO with air policing in the Baltic States, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Thursday, promising that up to 1,000 British troops will also join a NATO rapid reaction force.
NATO agreed at a summit in Wales last September to create a “spearhead” rapid reaction force as part of its efforts to reassure allies in Eastern Europe nervous about Russia’s intervention in Ukraine.
Defence ministers from the military alliance are due to flesh out the details of this 5,000-strong force during a meeting in Brussels on Thursday.
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Source: Cyprus Mail

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