June 5, 2018 / 8:52 AM / Updated a day ago
U.S. pushes NATO to ready more forces to deter Russian threat
Robin Emmott, Idrees Ali
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is pressing its European allies to get more NATO battalions, ships and planes ready for combat, officials say, in a fresh move to shore up NATO’s deterrence against any Russian attack.
U.S. Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis will seek broad agreement for the plan in Brussels on Thursday when alliance defence ministers meet, laying the ground for endorsement by NATO leaders at a summit in July, four U.S. and NATO officials and diplomats told Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nato-russia/u-s-pushes-nato-to-ready-more-forces-to-deter-russian-threat-idUSKCN1J11L4
