“NATO Response Forces have been brought to a high degree of readiness,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.
He recalled that this was done a few weeks ago.
At the same time, according to Stoltenberg, the forces of a number of countries participating in the alliance (USA, Germany, Great Britain) were deployed.
"Other allies - Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark - also decided to send their forces, ships and aircraft to strengthen our presence," he concluded.
Prior to this, Stoltenberg condemned Russia's decision to recognize the independence of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics and called on Moscow to "choose diplomacy."
Earlier, the OSCE Chairman, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said that NATO is starting a process of strategic adaptation to Russia's decisions on Donbass.