The deployment of four more battle groups to member states Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Slovakia has been agreed by NATO leaders.
Julie Smith, the US Ambassador to NATO, stated forces from various NATO nations would be deployed to Eastern European countries to fight Russian aggression in Europe ahead of the NATO summit on Thursday, March 24.
The additional forces, according to Smith, are “not just national forces” and will be unveiled on Thursday.
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Smith said NATO is considering its medium and long-term troop presence along its eastern European flank at an Atlantic Council gathering.
“We are going to have to make a series of ongoing assessments about our force posture that will take us weeks and months into the future.
“It’s still an open question of how the alliance takes the NATO-Russia Founding Act which NATO allies believe Russia is in clear violation of and moves to its longer-term posture.
“All options are on the table, including permanent basing,” Smith said.
Smith then claimed Poland’s proposal of a NATO peacekeeping mission for Ukraine isn’t “dead in the water,” but said there are “a lot of open-ended questions” and “allies want to know more about what Poland is suggesting here.”
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“We want to encourage this type of fresh thinking,” she said, adding that “no one ever shirks or turns away when an ally brings an idea into our discussions here.”
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