U.S. eyes military training in Baltics after Russia 'land grab'


  • World
  • Wednesday, 19 Mar 2014

WARSAW (Reuters) - The United States may run more ground and naval military exercises to help Baltic states near Russia beef up their capacity, Vice President Joe Biden said on Tuesday to reassure NATO allies alarmed by the Crimean crisis.

Moscow's despatch of troops to Ukraine's Crimean peninsula and its unilateral declaration that the area is now part of Russia have left NATO member states in eastern Europe worried that they could be next in line.

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