Ukraine: Nato To Form Rapid Response Force

Nato will create a 'Spearhead' rapid-response force to counter Russian aggression in Ukraine, it has been announced.

Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen revealed the plan on the second and final day of the Nato summit in Newport, Wales, where new sanctions against Moscow are also due to be unveiled.

"This decision sends a clear message: Nato protects all allies at all times," he said.

"And it sends a clear message to any potential aggressor: Should you even think of attacking one ally, you will be facing the whole alliance."

Chuck Hagel, Barack Obama, David Cameron and Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Amid reports of further fighting to the east of the port of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine, Mr Rasmussen said the Spearhead force would also establish a "command-and-control" presence in the east of allied territories.

"(Spearhead will be) a very high-readiness force able to deploy at very short notice," he said.

"This Spearhead will include several thousand land troops ready to deploy within a few days, with air, sea and special forces support."

Western leaders accuse Russia of sending thousands of troops into the east of Ukraine.

Nato leaders during the round-table discussion

Leaders at the summit continued talks on the crisis after watching a fly-past by British fighter jets and the Red Arrows aerobatic team.

But Sky News' Katie Stallard, who is on the eastern city limits of Mariupol, in eastern Ukraine, said "deep, loud explosions" continued to be heard.

"That show of strength from Nato over South Wales does nothing whatsoever to reassure people here, who are watching shells landing, now about five kilometres east of their city," she said.

"You have to understand how terrifying this is for people who are living in this city. I don't think they will have any faith whatsoever in any of the political sentiment that's being expressed by European leaders today.

"We are hearing heavy shelling, which sounds like it's closer to the city now."

Mr Rasmussen said alliance countries would contribute troops on a rotational basis to the high-readiness force.

There were no final decisions on where the forces would be based, but he said Poland, Romania and the Baltics have all indicated a willingness to host the facilities.

Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK was willing to contribute 3,500 personnel to the rapid response force.

He said its headquarters could be in Poland, with forward units in the easternmost Nato member countries and equipment stockpiled there in advance.

"We must be able to act more swiftly," he said.

Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama and Mr Cameron have continued to press their Nato counterparts to join a coalition of nations to combat militants from the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

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