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DISINFO: NATO forces in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland reached 11.000 in 2018

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DISINFO: NATO forces in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland reached 11.000 in 2018

SUMMARY

NATO forces in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland reached 11.000 in 2018 vs 2.000 in 2015. They have all types of offensive weaponry.

RESPONSE

NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu corrected the distorted figures on Twitter: The NATO battlegroups in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland include under 5,000 troops - defensive, rotational and transparent. https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/pdf_2018_09/20180910_1809-factsheet_efp_en.pdf…

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