“We are considering increasing our presence in the east.

This may include the additional deployment of NATO battlegroups, this will be carried out proportionally in accordance with our international obligations in order to increase the level of security in Europe for all of us, ”RIA Novosti quotes Stoltenberg.

Earlier it became known that NATO countries are increasing their military presence in Eastern Europe in connection with the “building up of Russia’s military power near Ukraine.”

Additional forces will be sent to the region, including ships and fighters.