Estonian foreign minister calls for more U.S. troops in Europe

Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu has called for an increased U.S. military presence in Europe, stressing that a Ukrainian defeat in the war with Russia would result in "an existential threat to our statehood" and the European security architecture.There were 300,000 U.S. troops on the continent in the closing period of the Cold War when Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union, but now, "despite the war going on, with additional U.S. units sent," the U.S. military presence is three times smaller, Reinsalu said in a recent online interview.He said European countries …READ FULL ARTICLE