NATO is concerned; Extensive military exercises in the midst of the US approach to change

These exercises in Romania, which are in line with Ukraine, are held as Europe is undergoing a new US -led US presidency.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegst has called on allies to significantly increase their military costs and say that US security priorities are elsewhere; A issue that has questioned Washington’s long -standing security guarantees.

A few days before the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, maneuvers of “firm spear” are held with the participation of about 6,000 troops from nine countries as part of NATO’s new “united reaction force”. These exercises take place in Romania, Bulgaria and Greece for six weeks.

Although the Trump administration has not announced a plan to withdraw US troops from the region, Hegest’s comment that “European allies must be leading” has led NATO partners to face the new fact that the United States is no longer a powerful and nuclear support of the continent’s security. It will not be.

Lashkot, on the pretext of Russia

Defense analyst Rado Theodore in Bucharest claimed that the decline in US military presence in Romania would be a gift for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“The entire NATO eastern faction will weaken against Russia’s offensive behavior,” he said. “This will force Romania to ask NATO allies to supply military equipment and equipment to fill the vacuum caused by the departure of thousands of US soldiers.”

Admiral “Stewart B. Mansh, a NATO joint force commander, also claimed that threats against NATO have become “increasingly complex and unpredictable” over the past decade.

“To counter this complex security environment, NATO has had important developments in the field of war,” Mansh told reporters on Wednesday. We have turned our defense programs from an idea to reality. “This exercise is the result of our efforts and the beginning of a new force that will defend the territory of this alliance.”

European European allies have also expressed concern about their dismissal in talks between senior Washington and Moscow diplomats in Saudi Arabia about the end of the war in Ukraine. These rapid developments led the French president to hold a meeting with some EU and British countries this week in Paris.

NATO reinforces the eastern faction

Wednesday’s martial arts in Romania included shooting with real ammunition and ditch war exercises. The Greek and Spanish Marines in Greece led exercises, including a simulated blue attack.

The new NATO reaction force, founded in July last July, is designed to be widely deployed within 7 days and combines conventional forces with cyber and spatial technologies. The UK is leading the operation with 2 troops and 2 vehicles.

The exercises also include Romania, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey, covering a total of two military vehicles, more than 2 aircraft and more than twelve naval vessels.

Following the start of the Ukrainian war on February 7, NATO strengthened its presence on the eastern wing of Europe by sending additional multinational warfare groups to Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia. Since then, Romania has played a more prominent role in this alliance. The country has donated a Patriot missile system to Ukraine and founded an international training center for Jet F-6 pilots from allied countries, including Ukraine.

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