The Pentagon has drawn up plans
to position American troops, tanks and other armored vehicles
full time along NATO's eastern borders to deter Russian
aggression, in what would be the first such deployment since the
end of the Cold War, the Wall Street Journal said Wednesday.
The Pentagon intends the plans as an escalation of a
proposal it announced last year, when it said it was looking at
ways to increase U.S. military deterrence in Eastern Europe,
such as repositioning older materiel in the region.
Some countries on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's
eastern flank have expressed concern about the depth of the U.S.
commitment to their defense - especially in the wake of Russian
President Vladimir Putin's intervention in Ukraine, the WSJ
noted.
Separately Wednesday Russia said it had decided not to take
part in a summit on nuclear security in Washington Thursday and
Friday because of a "lack of interaction" in picking the topics
to be discussed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitri Peskov
said "Moscow believes that the elaboration of issues linked to
nuclear security requires common and joint efforts and the
mutual consideration of interests and positions."
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