UK to get 1,000 more troops ready for humanitarian response amid tensions in Europe

Britain will get 1,000 more troops ready in the homeland to support a humanitarian response by NATO and allies amid high tensions along the Russia-Ukraine border, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced.

The announcement comes as Johnson flies to Brussels and Warsaw on Thursday to meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Polish leaders.

“When NATO was founded, allies made an historic undertaking to safeguard the freedom of every member state. The UK remains unwavering in our commitment to European security,” Johnson said in a statement.

“What we need to see is real diplomacy, not coercive diplomacy. As an alliance, we must draw lines in the snow and be clear that there are principles upon which we will not compromise.

“That includes the security of every NATO ally and the right of every European democracy to aspire to NATO membership,” he added.