NATO Gets New Tools to Monitor Ukraine and the Eastern Flank

Admiral Pierre VandierPhotographer: Amaury Cornu/AFP/Getty Images

NATO is expanding its satellite surveillance capacities to scan large swaths of land, enabling the alliance to monitor military movements in Ukraine and on Russia’s borders with its eastern members, top commander Pierre Vandier said.

Vandier told Bloomberg News the new tool will for the first time allow the alliance to observe “huge areas,” allowing it to observe maneuvers, troop movements and battlefield operations.