Tuesday, March 11, 2014

NATO reconnaissance planes to monitor Ukraine crisis

NNATO E-3A SentryNATO said Monday that it will begin reconnaissance flights to keep watch on Ukraine, the latest military move intended to reassure U.S. allies in Eastern Europe that are worried about Russia’s incursion in Crimea.

The Airborne Warning and Control System planes, known as AWACS, will begin flying soon over Poland and Romania, both members of NATO, “to monitor the crisis in Ukraine,” NATO said in a statement.

Russian troops seized control in the Crimean peninsula this month, raising fears of a civil war in Ukraine.

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