BRUSSELS — NATO defense ministers have agreed to send 4,000 troops to Poland and the Baltic States, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced here on June 15, a decision that will likely rankle an increasingly aggressive Russia.
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Crew of US Air Force plane refueling Polish F-16 fighter jet flying over north Poland on June 10, 2016 during NATO's 10-day long Anaconda manoeuvres, the biggest war games of the Western defence alliance in eastern Europe since the Cold War.