LONDON -- NATO will deploy troops to defend its eastern members amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday, marking the first time the alliance has activated soldiers from its response force.
"We are deploying elements of the NATO response force on land, and sea and in the air, to further strengthen our posture and respond quickly to any contingency," Stoltenberg said, speaking after an emergency summit of NATO member nations.