NATO is going to ask Germany to provide seven more brigades (about 40 thousand troops) for the defense of the North Atlantic Alliance, reports Reuters and Bloomberg with reference to sources. According to a senior military official, in accordance with the new goals for the armament and number of troops, which the Minister of Defense of the NATO countries must agree on the next week, the Alliance plans to significantly be planned. Build your strength. This is due to the fact that NATO considers Russia as a much greater threat after the outbreak of war in Ukraine in 2022. Reuters saying that NATO wants to increase the total number of brigades from allies to 120–130 compared with the current 80. The representative of NATO in the commentary to journalists has described new goals as “ambitious”, but did not give their quantitative assessment. 2021, in 2021, in 2021, in 2021, in 2021, in 2021, in 2021, in 2021, in 2021, in 2021, in 2021 Reminds Reuters, Germany agreed to provide 10 brigades (units, usually including about five thousand military personnel) by 2030. Now she has eight brigades, the ninth Germany forms in Lithuania – she will be ready by 2027. However, the provision of another 40 thousand military personnel will be a big problem for Berlin, Reuters notes. The moment of the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, NATO countries significantly increased defense expenses, but still did not bring them to an indicator that amounts to at least 5% of GDP, which is required by US President Donald Trump. At the NATO summit in June, the head of the alliance Mark Rutte will seek from the leaders of the countries to increase the current expenses from 2% of GDP to 5%. Donald Trump still insisted that the NATO countries need to increase defense costs and demand that they spend at least 2% of their GDP. The United States has played a leading role in NATO since the creation of the North Atlantic Alliance after the end of World War II and provides about 70% of the costs. At the same time, formally, all the country included in the alliance have an equal voting right. (Tagstotranslate) News
