The first US troops bolstering NATO allies in Eastern Europe and Germany amid a Russian military build-up on the Ukrainian border have arrived in Germany, the US military’s European Command said on Friday. .
“Soldiers from the 18th Airborne Corps arrived in Wiesbaden today,” a command spokesperson said in a statement, adding that they would establish a headquarters in Germany to support 1,700 paratroopers destined to be deployed to Poland.
“These are the first of 2,000 troops to arrive in Europe following the Pentagon’s announcement of additional forces moving from the United States to Europe in support of our NATO allies,” the statement said.
On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden ordered nearly 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania to protect Eastern Europe from a possible fallout from the Ukraine crisis.
According to the Pentagon, a Stryker squadron of about 1,000 U.S. troops based in the German city of Vilseck will be deployed to Romania, while around 1,700 troops, mostly from the 82nd Airborne Division, will be deployed from Fort Bragg, North Carolina. , to Poland.
In addition, 300 other military personnel were to move from Fort Bragg to Germany.
Source: CNN Brasil
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