NATO Admiral: Europe should prepare for a future without US soldiers on the Old Continent

The United States will not withdraw from NATO, but it is quite possible to withdraw some of its troops from Europe, said the chairman of the Alliance's Military Committee, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Bloomberg reports.

According to the publication, this statement was made on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, at which European leaders discussed the new policy of the administration of US President Donald Trump for the security of Europe.

The publication notes that Dragone, in particular, announced the "withdrawal of some of the 100,000 soldiers stationed in Europe" in relation to "some commitments that the United States has far from here, in the Indo-Pacific region“. However, he stressed that he did not believe that "a large number of American soldiers would be withdrawn from Europe".

At the conference, Dragone also called on European NATO members to increase defense spending, "recognizing that changing US priorities mean the continent must strengthen its military strength".

He stressed that in response to any reduction in US military forces in Europe, the military in the region must be able to react quickly and fill the gap, the article states.

Trump's policy on the security of Europe and NATO

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced earlier that preserving European security should be a commitment of European NATO members and it is Europe that should provide a huge share of lethal and non-lethal assistance to Ukraine.

According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 150,000 Russian troops will be sent to Belarus this summer, which could attack NATO countries. He announced this during the Munich conference, citing intelligence information from Ukrainian services.

At the same time, US President Donald Trump does not agree with the allegations that Russia could attack NATO. He responded to Ukrainian President Zelensky's statement that Russia was preparing to attack a NATO country by categorically denying the possibility of this: "No, I don't agree. I don't agree. "At some point".