Quiet U.S. pullback in Eastern Europe sparks wider allied worries

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Quiet U.S. pullback in Eastern Europe sparks wider allied worries

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The United States quietly withdrew several hundred troops deployed in Estonia during winter, sparking concern among allied countries ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara. Estonia's Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur disclosed that there is no clarity on whether those troops will return.

July 17 - As Estonia's Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur prepared to fly to the NATO summit in Ankara this month, he revealed to local journalists that several hundred U.S. troops deployed to his Baltic nation in the winter had quietly been withdrawn – with no clear sign of when or whether they might return.

World Security Conflict Politics United States Estonia NATO troop withdrawal Hanno Pevkur security allies

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