Russian, NATO Arms Race Takes Shape -- Defense News
WARSAW — The crisis in Ukraine is continuing to spur increased military efforts by both Russia and NATO’s Eastern European member states, with the former recently adding to its procurement list, and countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Latvia unveiling plans to expand their defense budgets.
In a move designed to bolster regional security, US President Barack Obama expressed support to Eastern European allies and announced a new initiative to increase US military presence in the region during his June 3-4 official visit to Poland.
Under the European Reassurance Initiative, Washington is to allocate US $1 billion to ensure security assistance for those Eastern European nations that feel threatened by Russia’s intervention in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula.
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