President Joe Biden is sending troops to Poland, Germany and Romania amid stalled talks with Russia over its military buildup at Ukraine's borders.
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden is sending about 2,000 U.S.-based troops to Poland and Germany and shifting roughly 1,000 soldiers from Germany to Romania as demonstrations of American commitments to NATO allies amid fears of a possible Russian military invasion of Ukraine, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
"It's important that we send a strong signal to Mr. Putin and to the world" of the U.S commitment to NATO, Kirby said.President Joe Biden said he'll move U.S. troops to Eastern Europe in the "near term" as a congressional delegation visited Ukraine. The Pentagon also has put about 8,500 U.S.-based troops on higher alert for possible deployment to Europe as additional reassurance to allies, and officials have indicated the possibility that additional units could be placed on higher alert soon. The U.S. already has between 75,000 and 80,000 troops in Europe as permanently stationed forces and as part of regular rotations in places such as Poland.
The U.S. document, marked as a confidential"non-paper," said that the United States would be willing to discuss in consultation with its NATO partners"a transparency mechanism to confirm the absences of Tomahawk cruise missiles at Aegis Ashore sites in Romania and Poland." The U.S. document said Washington would have to consult with NATO allies on the potential offer, particularly with Romania and Poland.
In his first public remarks on the standoff in more than a month, Putin on Tuesday accused the U.S. and its allies of ignoring Russia's central security demands but he said that Moscow is willing to talk more to ease tensions over Ukraine.
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