Alexus Grynkewich said NATO is sharing more intelligence on the Russian threat and that no figure is fixed for how many American troops stay in Europe. He cited a drone attempt at Leipzig/Halle and flares from a Russian ship toward a Danish helicopter. Moscow denies hybrid attacks. The account is one Straits Times report of a Reuters interview.
The commander described a wider swap of intelligence inside NATO, aimed at the risk from Russia. He named two episodes he called concerning: a drone that tried to strike Leipzig/Halle Airport, and a Russian ship that fired flares toward a helicopter belonging to the Danish military. The alliance, he said, already has the tools and the mechanisms for that risk, and it should stay calm.[1]
On American force levels he refused a fixed outcome. No predetermined number, in his words, governs how many US troops remain in Europe. Moscow, in the same report, denies involvement in hybrid warfare or sabotage inside NATO countries. The Straits Times piece is the news page for that interview.[1]
Defense News is named inside that report as carrying the same Reuters interview. The column on this desk uses the same Straits Times story, and the reader link points there. Grynkewich is widening intelligence sharing inside NATO and keeping the US role more limited. Alexus Grynkewich described a wider intelligence exchange inside NATO aimed at the risk from Russia. The two episodes he called concerning are a drone that tried to strike Leipzig/Halle Airport and flares fired by a Russian ship toward a helicopter of the Danish armed forces. In his account the alliance already holds the needed tools, and the needed mechanisms and should stay calm. He also said no predetermined number governs how many US troops remain in Europe. Moscow rejects any part in hybrid warfare, and any part in sabotage, inside NATO countries. The Straits Times report is the page for that interview, and the desk column uses the same page. Defense News is named in the report as another carrier of the same Reuters interview.[1]
