US to keep troops in Poland and Baltic states for at least another year

The ‘persistence presence’ mission is part of efforts to reassure Nato’s eastern European allies and counter any Russian threat to the region

The US will keep troops in Poland and the Baltic states for at least the next year as tensions with Russia remain, the commander of US land forces in Europe said on Sunday.

Several hundred US troops were deployed in Poland and the three Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia earlier this year after Russia seized Ukraine’s Crimea region in March. The deployment was part of Washington’s efforts to reassure the nervous eastern European allies that Nato would offer protection from any Russian threat.

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