The Pentagon confirmed this Wednesday the sending of 3,000 US troops to allied countries in Eastern Europe, amid tension with Russia over Ukraine.
US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby told a news conference that 1,000 soldiers will be deployed in Romania, while another 2,000 will be sent to Poland and Germany.
“The current situation demands that we strengthen the deterrent and defensive posture on NATO’s eastern flank,” Kirby stressed.
In the case of Romania, the United States will relocate 1,000 soldiers currently stationed in Germany to Romanian territory “in the coming days.”
“It’s a strike squad and cavalry unit that are designed to deploy at short notice and move quickly once they’re in place,” the spokesman said, adding that those troops will add to the 900 the US currently has. in Romania.
In parallel, Some 2,000 soldiers, who are now on US soil, will travel to Europe in the coming days: On one side will be members of the 82nd Airborne Division, which will deploy an infantry combat team to Poland.
In response to a question from a journalist, Kirby clarified that most of those 2,000 troops will go to Poland.
On the other hand, the 18th Airborne Corps will send a task force to Germany.
This group “It is trained and equipped for a series of missions to deter aggression and reaffirm our commitment to allies”said Kirby, who stressed that these will be “temporary” missions and not permanent, and that they will not go to fight in Ukraine.
The Pentagon recalled that apart from these forces, the US maintains 8,500 soldiers in their territory on “high alert”, who are ready to be mobilizedbut at the moment they are not going to do it.
Kirby also specified that the troops sent to Romania will be under US command, without specifying whether those going to Poland and Germany will be under that command or that of NATO.
He recalled that the 8,500 on “high alert” in the US would be deployed under the Atlantic Alliance Response Force.
Tension has skyrocketed in the last month due to the concentration of more than 100,000 Russian soldiers on the border with Ukraine.
Moscow has repeatedly repeated that it does not want a war with Kiev and that it does not threaten Ukraine. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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