Ukraine crisis: Biden to deploy more US troops to eastern Europe
by Andrew Roth Moscow Correspondent and Julian Borger from US news | The Guardian on (#5VPWY)
More than 3,000 troops headed to Germany, Poland and Romania after talks between Washington and Moscow fail to ease tensions
Joe Biden will deploy more than 3,000 US troops in Germany, Poland and Romania, as Russia continues to build up its forces around Ukraine, and after talks between Washington and Moscow failed to ease tensions.
The US is sending 1,700 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to Poland, a headquarters unit of about 300 from the 18th Airborne Corps will move to Germany and a 1,000-strong armoured unit is being transferred from Germany to Romania.
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