BRUSSELS: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) defense ministers agreed on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) to a series of steps to bolster protection in eastern Europe after the Ukraine crisis, but insisted they were acting within the limits of a key post-Cold War treaty with Moscow.

NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen said ministers had agreed to develop a “readiness action plan... to respond to the changed security environment” created by the escalating conflict in Ukraine.

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