Germany will lead a NATO high readiness group of 11.5 thousand people from January 1 TASS Regarding the NATO press service.
The group was formed in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea to Russia and the outbreak of hostilities in eastern Ukraine.
NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu said NATO’s move demonstrates the alliance’s intention to “defend every inch of its territory”.
Before NATO Works Due to the huge increase in the production of weapons to replenish the stockpiles of the alliance and to provide support to Ukraine. This is stated in an article by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for The Financial Times.
As the NATO Secretary General said, since February of this year, the Allies have supplied Ukraine with air defense systems, weapons, ammunition, fuel, winter uniforms and generators.
In his article, he states that this is changing the situation in the world with each passing day.
According to him, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that NATO wants to reduce its presence near the borders of the Russian Federation, but “has the opposite – a stronger and larger NATO.”