US to draw down troops on Nato’s eastern flank

Servicemen run during the Steadfast Dart 2025 exercise, involving some 10,000 troops in three different countries from nine nations, at a training range in Smardan, eastern Romania (Vadim Ghirda/AP)

The US has informed its Nato allies that it will scale back its troop presence along Europe’s eastern border with Ukraine as it focuses on security priorities elsewhere in the world, Romania’s Defence Ministry said.

The US Army later confirmed the move, but denied it was a sign of lessened commitment to Nato.