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butthurt [soylentnews.org] writes:

NATO is sending troops to Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland, possibly in connection with tension between NATO and Russia over events in the Ukraine. The United States, Britain and Germany are each to lead a battalion, whilst the Canadian government is mulling over the prospect of contributing soldiers and leading a fourth battalion. Later, other NATO members would take up leadership. A total of around 4000 soliders is expected to be deployed.

In an interview published last Thursday in Die Welt, the Estonian premier [wikipedia.org] had said that NATO soldiers "must be constantly present" in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The commitments of the United States, Britain and Germany were announced the following Tuesday. Soldiers from France, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic will also be part of the force.

The Russian exclave [dictionary.com] of Kaliningrad [wikipedia.org] lies along the Baltic coast between Poland and Lithuania.

coverage:

• Reuters [reuters.com]
• RT [rt.com] (funded by Russian government)
• CBC [www.cbc.ca] (Canadian government outlet)
• Swissinfo [swissinfo.ch] (Swiss government outlet)
• Deutsche Welle [dw.com] (German government outlet)
• AFP via Yahoo!7 News [yahoo.com]

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