NATO’s leadership Monday, June 27, announced the bloc would drastically increase its high-readiness force in the midst of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg Monday said the alliance is aiming to increase the force numbers to more than 300,000 in what he termed as the “biggest overhaul of collective defense and deterrence since the Cold War.”“Russia has walked away from the partnership and the dialogue that NATO has tried to establish with Russia for many years,” Stoltenberg said in Brussels ahead of a summit this week in Spain. “They have chosen confrontation instead of dialogue. We regret that… but of course, then we need to respond to that reality,” he added.Stoltenberg said NATO would transform its existing quick reaction fo
