Defense ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is set to bolster the union's military action forces in Eastern Europe following the persistent combat between government armed forces and Russian-leaning insurgents.
The alliance doubles its army from 13,000-30,000 strong militiamen led by 5,000 "spearhead" forces and six additional bases are now being created.
During a daylong meeting at alliance headquarters in Brussels last Thursday, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said the new measures move to join "changed security environment" amidst the new thrust to promote peace in Ukraine.
Stoltenberg added the decisions made in Brussels will "ensure that we have the right forces in the right place at the right time."
"Our core responsibility is to keep our nations safe, and that is exactly what we are doing," Stoltenberg said.
The chief furthered that the action is a warning against any Russian hazard to the Baltic states or other bloc members when the armed conflict spirals out of control. He added that it will be the "biggest reinforcement" among its defenses since the finale of the Cold War.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and representatives from NATO's 27 nations ordered the establishment of command-and-control centers in the main cities of three Baltic states - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia- and in Bulgaria, Poland and Romania.
In an emergency the centers will help hustle the coming of the new quick-reaction force led by Britain, France, Italy, Poland, Spain and Germany. The alliance revealed that its units can position in two days after the go signal.
Meanwhile, Russian government refutes alleges from Ukraine and the West that it is sending out multitudes across the boundaries and feeding insurgents in Eastern Ukraine.
NATO calls its entirely defensive move not in a way that it will reach I Moscow.
Other plans of NATO is to begin a training center in Georgia and uphold Ukranian military reformation which, according to BBC News, ring a bell in Russia.
In the same report, BBC underscored of the possible worse repercussions should the United States or NATO allies arm Ukraine's military.
Since the fighting began in April 2014, over 5,000 people are already reported to have been killed in the eastern part of Ukraine while armed clashes continue to get worse the recent weeks.
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President Francois Hollande presented a new peace movement in their visit in Kiev. The European leaders are set to fly in to Moscow Friday.
According to the Associated Press, US State Secretary John Kerry said US Prsident Barack Obama is still "reviewing all options," including the possibility of providing "defensive weapons" to Ukraine.
The US has so far only provided "non-lethal" assistance to Ukraine.
Stoltenberg stressed it was "up to different allies to decide" whether to arm Ukraine.
For 2015, he stressed, Norway, Germany, and the Netherlands have already started training and exercising a sample of the force.
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