The Joint Expeditionary Force which consists of 10 nations are to hold preventative military drills and Russia has been condemned for their invasion into Ukraine.
The British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the 10 nations will conduct military exercises to show the freedom of movement in the Baltic Sea.
Hungary have announced that they are going to deploy troops to their border which is near to Ukraine. The Hungarian Defence Ministry said this is in part to prepare fo humanitarian task.
An eyewitness has told Reuters news agency they have heard blasts in the Russian backed rebel-held territory.
NATO and their allies believes the Kremlin is behind the increased shelling but Moscow are blaming the Ukrainians.
On Monday two Ukrainian soldiers were killed with 12 injured as Russian backed separatists shelled eastern Ukraine, the Ukraine’s Defense Secretary said on Tuesday.
There has been 84 ceasefire violations on Monday, 64 of which involved weapons which are banned under the 2015 Minsk Peace agreement.
The ministry said the Ukrainian Defense Forces said in a statement on Tuesday that they have recorded 152 attacks on civilian objects over the past five days in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where one civilian was killed.
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