NATO defence ministers are meeting in Brussels on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 February to discuss, among other things, the risk of Russian aggression against Ukraine, which Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg described on Tuesday 15 February as “the most serious security crisis we have seen in Europe for decades”.
While the US has announced that a Russian attack is imminent (see EUROPE B12890A2), there were reports on Tuesday that Russian troops were returning to their garrisons.
The...