NATO increases forces on high alert from 40,000 to more than 300,000 amid Russian threat Sign up for free to continue reading Sign up for free to continue reading
NATO will increase the number of its forces to be on high alert amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine from 40,000 to more than 300,000. The seven-fold increase was announced by military alliance secretary general Jens Stoltenberg ahead of a summit in Madrid this week. It’s the biggest revision of collective defense since the Cold …