The main contingent of the additional US soldiers for Poland, a total of 1,700, is expected to arrive on Sunday. Another 300 will be sent to Germany, while 1,000 US soldiers currently stationed there will be transferred to Romania.
This Saturday has landed in Poland the 1st United States Military Contingent for the reinforcement of NATO positions in Europewithin a deployment conceived as a force in principle unrelated to the current tension in Ukraine over the accumulation of Russian troops on the border.
Polish military spokesman Przemyslaw Lipczynski has confirmed to the official PAP news agency the arrival this morning of a Beechcraft C-12 Huron aircraft at Jasionka airport, in southeastern Poland, near Ukraine.
On Sunday the arrival of the main contingent of the american soldiers for Poland, a total of 1700 troops.
Another 300 will be sent to Germanywhile 1,000 US soldiers currently stationed there will be transferred to Romania.
Pentagon spokesman, John Kirbyhad indicated that the objective of the deployment is support alliesbut made it clear that those troops would not stay forever in the region or fight in Ukraine.
The United States had already put 8,500 troops on notice in case the Alliance needed a rapid deployment, although for now everything will be done in accordance with bilateral agreements, according to Kirby, who has wanted to separate both initiatives.
Source: Eitb
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