US President Joe Biden has approved the further deployment of US troops in Eastern Europe amid a stalemate with Russia over Ukraine and the Pentagon is expected to announce today that troops will be deployed in the coming days, a US official has said.
Biden has officially approved the troop movements, the official told Reuters.
The U.S. military last week alerted about 8,500 troops to ready to deploy to Europe if needed, possibly in a very short time, in an effort to reassure U.S. NATO allies in the face of Russian development. military forces near Ukraine.
Biden is sending about 2,000 U.S. troops to Poland and Germany this week, a U.S. official told Reuters. The Wall Street Journal reported that the troops would come from Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
About 1,000 troops will be relocated from Germany to Romania, on NATO's east side closest to Russia, the official also told Reuters.
Source: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ
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