As Ukraine crisis deepens, Russia's neighbours boost defences


  • World
  • Friday, 07 Mar 2014

VILNIUS/WARSAW (Reuters) - U.S. fighter jets go to Lithuania as the crisis in Ukraine deepens. Poland talks about modernising its military. Latvia calls for more defence spending. Traditionally neutral Sweden calls for a "doctrinal shift" in defence.

After a sense of playing second fiddle for years while NATO's eyes were on wars such as Afghanistan, some European countries near Russia's borders are now planning to spend more money on defence as well as hoping for more NATO resources .

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