4,000 NATO soldiers may be sent to the Russian border as tensions with Vladimir Putin increase.
NATO say they are considering placing troops across Poland and 3 other Baltic states, in a signal that many are saying indicates that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization view Russia as an enemy.
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Mirror.co.uk reports:
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pfifer said that reports of Nato considering sending soldiers is a sign that Russia is now viewed “not as the partner we’d hoped for over the past 20-odd years, but more as a potential adversary”.
He added: “You’re starting to turn the ship.
“If you’re talking 800 to 1,000 troops, that would be big.
“And it would be designed to communicate to the Russians that Nato is serious – it will defend Nato territory.”
However sources claim that plans have laid out a strategy that could see 4,000 soldiers sent.
Mr Pfifer added: “I wouldn’t put an armoured brigade in Eastern Estonia. I think that would be very provocative.
“But you could do other types of forces that would really not have the capability to head off and take St Petersburg.”
Sean Adl-Tabatabai
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