President Joe Biden is sending a signal that the US will not sit idle as Russia continues its threatening military moves near Ukraine.
Biden has formally approved additional US military deployments to Eastern Europe to support NATO allies amid Moscow’s ongoing aggression, CNN reported citing US officials who told the network that the Pentagon is expected to make an announcement Wednesday morning.
The deployments will include roughly 2,000 US troops to Poland and an additional few thousand to southeastern NATO countries, including Romania, the sources told CNN.
An additional 8,500 troops in the US have been put on heightened alert in case a NATO Response Force is called up and US forces are needed quickly. The troops will operate on a bilateral basis with their host countries, since NATO has not yet activated a multinational response force. The development comes as Russia threatens a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
