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Initially, about 1,200 soldiers will be deployed from Czech Republic, Germany, Of the Netherlands, ASV, Poland a Slovenia as part of NATO’s “enhanced early presence”. The Netherlands, along with Germany, will also deploy Patriot missiles in Slovakia, Slovak defense minister Jaroslav Nadj said on Monday.
“As we anticipate direct military attacks on Uzhgorod airport by the Russian Federation in the near future [Ukrainā] (..) near the Slovak border, of course, it has a military connection, “said the Minister.
The government had already agreed to the deployment of this NATO force on 9 March.
At Parliament’s sitting on Tuesday, 96 of the 134 MEPs supported it and 15 voted against.
The vote took place two days before the visit of US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. This will be the US Secretary of Defense’s first visit to Slovakia since joining NATO in 2004.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has begun since February 24, from Ukraine more than three million people have fled, 200,000 of whom have arrived in Slovakia.
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