Stoltenberg: NATO adding troops in Eastern Europe

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the military organization was setting up new multinational battlegroups in Eastern Europe to deter Russia from launching an attack on any of its members.
The battlegroups, which usually number between 1,000 and 1,500 troops, will be set up in Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria. Stoltenberg said they would remain in place "as long as necessary". Speaking on Wednesday on the eve of a summit of NATO leaders, Stoltenberg said that Russia's military operation on Ukraine means "a new normal for our security and NATO has to respond to that new reality" and the leaders were likely to agree to send more assistance to Ukraine.