WASHINGTON - The United States and its allies are preparing this week to discuss plans to significantly increase the readiness of NATO response forces amid escalating tensions in Ukraine and Russia's involvement in the area, the White House said on Sept. 2.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: White House says US, allies to discuss NATO readiness amid Ukraine crisis
A Ukrainian fighter from the Azov Battalion stands guard near concrete barriers across the road on a checkpoint on the outskirts of Mariupol on Sept. 2, 2014.
