EUCOM Commander says primary mission to deter and prepare response to Russian aggression amid Ukraine war

European Command General Tod Wolters tells the House Armed Services Committee at on land, allies continued to deploy additional forces to enhance forward presence from Tallinn to the south, at sea the standing Maritime forces were infused with additional capabilities to ensure freedom of navigation spanning from the Arctic to the Aegean Sea, aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean dramatically increased air combat capability with NATO's air defense architecture, it is capabilities in space and cyberspace more integrated than in any other time in history, the sum of modern multi-domain capabilities underwriting the security of NATO's Article V guarantee, the primary mission to compete, deter and prepare to respond to aggression with full weight of NATO investments in military relationships, training and readiness, unity, resolve and combat credible deterrence.