Day D: Thousands of US troops land in eastern Europe – “allies untouched”

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby announced that some of the troops are coming from the United States, others were already in Europe but will be relocated. This is not the first massive shift of American forces in response to the crisis.

John Kirby, Pentagon spokesman: President Biden has been clear that the United States will respond to the growing threat to Europe’s security and stability. Our commitment to NATO Article 5 and collective defense remains ironic. As part of this commitment and to prepare for a range of unforeseen situations, the United States is soon moving additional forces into Romania, Poland and Germany.

All troops will be under U.S. command. In a brief meeting with reporters, Biden said his move was fully in line with what he had said to Vladimir Putin from the beginning.

“As long as he behaves aggressively, we will show our NATO allies and those in Eastern Europe that we are there for them; Article 5 is a sacred obligation ”. Russia reacted by calling the deployment “destructive.”

“Destructive steps that are not justified by anyone; they only increase military tension and narrow the space for political solutions to the problem, “said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, quoted by the Interfax news agency.

President Biden’s administration aims to demonstrate the United States’ determination without undermining efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis. President Biden has deliberately not sent military reinforcements to the three Baltic states on NATO’s eastern flank, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which were part of the former Soviet Union.

No US troops are being sent to Ukraine, and White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Wednesday that the administration no longer considers the Russian invasion of Ukraine an “immediate” threat because that would mean Washington knows Putin’s. has made a decision to invade his neighbor.

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