"The Pact-Atlantic has partially strengthened its eastern flank by setting up battlegroups in four other countries: Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia." According to the Sputnik site citing the Washington Post, NATO has doubled its military presence in Eastern Europe since 2021. "About 10,000 soldiers are now spread across eight battlegroups, up from 5,000 across four groups in 2021," he said the spokeswoman of the alliance Oana Lungescu.Lungescu.

The newspaper, quoting the NATO spokesperson, notes that the countries have also sent dozens of ships and hundreds of planes to the eastern part of the alliance. "The allies have also deployed an unprecedented number of land-based air defenses, such as Patriot missiles and sea-based air defense ships," said Lungescu.

Earlier, the Pais newspaper, citing sources, reported that NATO was considering providing Kiev with security guarantees, including obligations to provide support, as well as consolidating and strengthening military assistance to form a shell of " containment" around Ukraine.