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text: military british defense secretary michael fallon photo by afp 
  british defense minister michael fallon says the uk is set to deploy hundreds of troops to the baltic region in europe to support its nato allies in the face of a more assertive russia 
  fallon told a nato ministerial meeting in brussels on wednesday that britain would send  soldiers to estonia to fulfill its pledge to deliver one of four battalions to natos enhanced forward presence in eastern europe 
  backed by a rising defense budget this deployment of air land and sea forces shows that we will continue to play a leading role in nato supporting the defense and security of our allies from the north to the south of the alliance fallon said 
  nato had announced in july that it would deploy on a rotational basis four multinational battalions to poland and the baltic statesestonia latvia and lithuaniato deter what it referred to as any russian incursion 
  during his address at the meeting fallon also said that four british typhoon fighter jets would be dispatched to romania under the nato southern air policing mission which is supposed to protect the baltic states airspace against possible attacks from russia 
  this is about two things reassurance and that needs to be done with some formidable presence and deterrence fallon had said in an earlier interview this is not simply a tripwirethis is a serious military presence 
  the move is likely to draw criticism from moscow which has been angered by natos military buildup on its western borders 
  the usled military alliance cut its ties with moscow in  and has been reinforcing its presence near russias borders ever since 
  the uk and russia have strong disagreements over a number of issues mainly the conflicts in syria and ukraine 
  the two countries military forces have been involved in a series of aerial and naval confrontations with britain sending its jets and warships on several occasions to intercept russian bombers and naval fleets 
  the latest of those encounters occurred on thursday when the russian aircraft career admiral kuznetsov and its sevenship task force were shadowed by two british warships on a course to sail through the north sea and english channel on their way to syria loading