President says ‘US and its allies are going to step up’ as he arrives for summit of Nato leaders in Madrid
Joe Biden has announced that the US will increase its military forces across Europe with extra land, sea and air deployments, as he gathered with Nato leaders for a two-day summit in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Arriving at the meeting in Madrid, the US president announced the stationing of a brigade of 3,000 combat troops in Romania, two squadrons of F-35 fighters in the UK and two navy destroyers in Spain.