U.S. President Obama Offers Military Assistance To Eastern Europe To Counter Russian Actions

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses during a press conference at Belveder Palace in Warsaw June 3, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Kuba Atys/Agencja Gazeta

Obama Offers Military Help To Eastern Europe Allies Worried By Russia -- Reuters

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama promised on Tuesday to beef up military support for eastern European members of the NATO alliance who fear they could be next in the firing line after the Kremlin's intervention in Ukraine.

Under attack from critics at home who say his leadership on the world stage has not been muscular enough, Obama unveiled plans to spend up to $1 billion in supporting and training the armed forces of NATO states on Russia's borders.

The White House also said it would review permanent troop deployments in Europe in the light of the Ukraine crisis -- though that fell short of a firm commitment to put troops on the ground that Poland and some of its neighbors had sought.

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