NATO has put forces in Eastern Europe to counter Russia — here's where its battle groups are located

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• NATO has had multinational battle groups in Poland and the Baltic states for the past two years.
• The deployments are part of an effort to bolster security and deterrence after Russia's intervention in Ukraine.
• The battle groups remain in place, and NATO is looking for new ways to boost military readiness.

The Warsaw Summit in July 2016 was only the second meeting of NATO's heads of state and governments since Russia annexed Crimea and intervened in Ukraine in early 2014, and at the time, a number of NATO countries were concerned the alliance was still not adequately prepared to defend all its members.

At that summit, NATO underscored its renewed emphasis on collective defense and deterrence by announcing the rotational deployment of roughly 4,000 troops from various countries to Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.

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