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Irish Times: Nato to consider longer term response to Ukraine crisis

By Irish Times.

Published June 3, 2014 at 2:04 pm

Nato's top military commander, the U.S. Air Force Gen Philip Breedlove, said last month that Nato would have to consider permanently stationing troops in Eastern Europe.

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Nato defence ministers will consider today what longer term steps the alliance needs to take to bolster its eastern defences and improve its ability to respond to the unorthodox tactics used by Russia in Ukraine.