Anxiety or fear of Russia seized the Baltic States. Here in this forest of Lithuania, the voluntary paramilitary Fusiliers Union train. Its members have increased lately.
"The Russian aggression against Ukraine had an impact on the EU. Last year, we agreed about a thousand new to our organization and today we have over 8000 members. "Said Lieutenant Colonel here Liudas Gumbinas.
The annexation of the Crimea by Russia in the spring of 2014 left the stunned Europe. After Georgia in 2008, NATO was attending a further impairment of the borders by Moscow. Since then, the Atlantic Alliance could only note that a war had indeed held the doors of its eastern border.
The Secretary General of NATO again yesterday accused Russia of violating international law.
"In Ukraine, the empire violence, and the crisis agrave. Russia continues to violate international law and support the separatists, with advanced weapons, drives and men, "said Jens Stoltenberg.
Yesterday, the defense ministers of NATO approved a plan to strengthen its eastern flank.
Rapid Reaction Force consisting of 13 000 men will be raised to 30,000, a force "spearhead" of 5,000 soldiers, with air support, naval and special forces, operating in 48 hours.
This is the most important building of the collective defense of the allies since the end of the Cold War, always defensive.
Six units of command, with fifty men and material "pre-positioned" on site, will be established immediately in six Eastern European countries, including the three Baltic Republics, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria.
They will be used to facilitate the deployment within a week of the Rapid Intervention Force in a crisis. It may also occur in other areas, particularly to address the threats posed by instability in North Africa and the Middle East.
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