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Nicholas Cecil

NATO to massively boost high readiness forces to over 300,000 after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announcing huge boost in the alliance’s high readiness forces to more than 300,000

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Nato will massively increase the number of its forces at high readiness to more than 300,000 following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday.

He announced the dramatic scaling up of the response force as the West reshapes its security strategy following the Russian president’s military aggression.

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