NATO Holds Its Biggest Exercises in Decades Next Week, Involving Around 90,000 Personnel

NATO Holds Its Biggest Exercises in Decades Next Week, Involving Around 90,000 Personnel
Chair of the NATO Military Committee Admiral Rob Bauer, (C), Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Christopher Cavoli, (L), and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation General Chris Badia prepare to address a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on Jan. 18, 2024. Virginia Mayo/AP Photo
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BRUSSELS—NATO will launch its biggest military exercises in decades next week with around 90,000 personnel set to take part in months of drills aimed at showing the alliance can defend all of its territory up to its border with Russia, top officers said Thursday.

In the months before President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022, NATO began beefing up security on its eastern flank with Russia and Ukraine. It’s the alliance’s biggest buildup since the Cold War. The war games are meant to deter Russia from targeting a member country.