KLAIPEDA, Lithuania: The UK on Friday pledged to boost defence of the Baltic states to deter a"more assertive" Russia as the British navy held its largest drills in the Baltic region, which includes a Russian territory, in more than a century.
The exercise was meant to reassure eastern flank NATO allies and to demonstrate that they are"aligned and ready". The British defence secretary's visit to Lithuania, a vocal critic of Russia, came on the same day as outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May met Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Japan.
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