Novinite
April 5, 2022

NATO is Strengthening its Eastern Flank: 900 US troops are already in Bulgaria

NATO has made progress in strengthening its eastern flank, with four new multinational battle groups in Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria reaching their first level of combat readiness. This was announced by the DPA news agency, citing a spokesman for the North Atlantic Alliance.

[T]here are already 2,100 troops in Slovakia from countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and the United States. 800 troops from Croatia are stationed in Hungary, 900 from the United States in Bulgaria and 3,300 from France, Belgium, Italy and the United States in Romania. The new battle groups are designed to further strengthen deterrence and defense capabilities amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The agency emphasizes that so far NATO has had permanent multinational units only in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as in Poland. Such combat groups typically number between 1,000 and 1,200 troops but have recently increased significantly due to events in Ukraine.

….NATO’s defense plans have been launched, elements of the NATO Response Force have been deployed, and 40,000 troops are stationed on NATO’s eastern flank. In addition, four more multinational battle groups are being set up in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia….