Currently in the EU are estimated 60 thousand American military, whereas during the cold war the number of American soldiers there was approximately 400 thousand, said U.S. Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute.
"After the fall of the Berlin wall, We have fundamentally changed the position of NATO. We had 400 thousand American soldiers in the European Union, today we have about 60 thousand", - quotes Lewt RIA " Novosti ". Remember, on may 4, Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi said Europe cannot return to confrontation with Russia, similar to what it was during the cold war. Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. The EU and the US on the background reached in Minsk agreements between Kiev and militias Donbass about stopping the fire entered against Russia punishment, against the financial, oil and defense industries.

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