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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rowena Mason Deputy political editor

Nato to deploy extra troops to alliance nations in eastern Europe

Military equipment at Estonia’s Nato battle group base in Tapa
Additional British troops and military equipment have arrived at the Nato battlegroup base in Tapa, Estonia. Photograph: Sergei Stepanov/AP

Nato will deploy significant extra troops to countries in eastern Europe which are part of the alliance, but UK ministers warned there would be no forces going to Ukraine itself to avoid an “existential” war between Russia and the west.

Jens Stoltenberg, the Nato secretary general, chaired a virtual summit of 30 leaders on Friday, where the agreement was made to amass forces in eastern Europe.

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