Mr Stoltenberg said the forces will remain in place “as long as necessary”. Nato currently has around 40,000 troops from several nations under its command, a number almost tenfold higher than it was a few months ago, military commanders say. “Along with our existing forces in the Baltic countries and Poland, this means that we will have eight multinational Nato battlegroups all along the eastern flank, from the Baltic to the Black Sea,” Mr Stoltenberg said. #NATO leaders will meet tomorrow. But Mr Stoltenberg said that beyond wreaking havoc in Ukraine, “any use of chemical weapons, or biological weapons, may also have dire consequences for Nato allied countries”.

Source: Irish Independent March 24, 2022 04:16 UTC