NATO's new military plans include putting 300,000 troops in Europe on high alert. This was announced on July 7 by the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg.
"We will take further measures to strengthen the deterrence policy with the help of three new defense plans to combat our main threats — Russia and terrorism. One plan is intended for the North and the Atlantic, another for Central Europe, and the third for the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions. To fulfill these plans, NATO is putting 300 thousand troops on high alert," he said at a press conference.
According to him, these plans will be adopted after the NATO summit in Vilnius, which will be held on July 11-12. Military personnel on the water and in the air will also be put on high alert.
Earlier, on June 28, it was reported that the Czech Republic would send an additional number of military personnel along with other alliance members to strengthen the eastern flank of NATO. There are already more than 600 Czech soldiers in the Baltic States and Slovakia, and it is planned to double the contingent in the future.
On June 26, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that Germany plans to deploy an additional 4,000 troops in Lithuania in the long term to strengthen NATO's eastern flank.
On the same day, Stoltenberg announced that NATO would approve the transition in the Baltic states from air police missions to the creation of an air defense system on a rotational basis.
On May 4, Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anushauskas called for an increase in the number of NATO Air Forces in the Baltic States. He also asked for support in strengthening air defense on the eastern flank of the alliance and more intensive Air Force exercises.
