Sharjah24 – Reuters: The United States will be sending 3,000 additional troops to Poland in the coming days to try and help reassure NATO allies, four U.S. officials said on Friday, as Russia held military exercises in Belarus and the Black Sea following the buildup of its forces near Ukraine.
Russia is massing more troops near Ukraine and an invasion could come at any time, perhaps before the end of this month's Winter Olympics, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday.
Commercial satellite images published by a private U.S. company showed new Russian military deployments at several locations near Ukraine.
The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the U.S. troop deployment will come from the 82nd Airborne Division and not from within U.S. forces in Europe.
One of the officials described it as a significant deployment.
They are in addition to the 8,500 troops already on alert to be ready to deploy to Europe if needed and the nearly 3,000 American troops the administration said earlier this month it would deploy to Poland and Romania.
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