BRUSSELS (AP) – NATO will next week launch its biggest military exercises in decades with around 90,000 members taking part in months-long war games aimed at proving the alliance can defend itself its territory to the border with Russia, senior officials said. he said Thursday.
The drills come as Russia's war against Ukraine deepens. NATO as an organization is not directly involved in the conflict, except to provide Kiev with non-lethal support, although many member countries send arms and ammunition individually or in groups, and provide military training.
In the months before President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022, NATO began beefing up security on its eastern flank with Russia and Ukraine. It is the alliance's biggest buildup since the Cold War. The war games are meant to deter Russia from targeting a member country.
The exercises, called Steadfast Defender 24, “will show that NATO can conduct and sustain complex multi-domain operations over several months, across thousands of kilometers (miles), from the high north to central Europe and oriental, and in any condition”. the 31-nation organization said.
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