The US has unveiled plans to invest $1 billion in European security in light of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The so-called European Reassurance Initiative, if passed by Congress, is to see more US troops posted to eastern Europe on a temporary basis, greater US involvement in Nato drills in the region, and extra US warships in the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea.
It will also help build military capacity in three pro-Western former Soviet states: Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.
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