World News | Mon Mar 20, 2017 | 10:28am EDT
New U.S.-led force to deter Russia in Poland from April
By Robin Emmott | BRUSSELS
A U.S.-led battalion of more than 1,100 soldiers will be deployed in Poland from the start of April, a U.S. commander said on Monday, as the alliance sets up a new force in response to Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea.
More than 900 U.S. soldiers, around 150 British personnel and some 120 Romanian troops will make up the battlegroup in northeastern Poland, one of four multinational formations across the Baltic region that Russia has condemned as an aggressive strategy on its frontiers.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nato-russia-idUSKBN16R1FV
