The Alliance conducted a large-scale strengthening of its defense capability, assured U.S. President Barack Obama, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

the story is about " the greatest strengthening of collective defence since the end of the cold war, Stoltenberg said. NATO Secretary General said that this man and Obama is " a General understanding that the Alliance has produced a clash with the new situation in the security sphere ".

NATO allies amid dispute with Russia over Ukraine told about the number of measures to increase military activities in the European Union, including the strengthening of rapid response forces, the growth of U.S. troops on the continent, the dramatic expansion of the program of exercises and patrols, as well as the growth of military spending.

Russia said that the story is about the unprecedented expansion of the NATO at its borders.

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