NATO chief announces major ‘strengthening’ of the alliance Jens Stoltenberg told reporters that NATO would strengthen its eastern flank in response to the “new security reality” in Europe Russia’s offensive on Ukraine has ushered in a “new security reality” in Europe, Jens Stoltenberg told reporters on Tuesday. Stoltenberg called for more weapons, more exercises, and “major increases in investment” to strengthen the pact’s European presence. “There are now hundreds of thousands of forces on heightened alert across the alliance,” Stoltenberg told a press conference in Brussels, referring to the 100,000 American troops on the ground in Europe, the 40,000 troops...