U.S. military fires Javelin anti-tank missiles during exerciseWASHINGTON Feb. 2 United States in coming days about 2,000 additional troops will be moved to Europe, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing.
"We are moving an additional force of about 2,000 troops from the US to Europe over the next few days,", Kirby said.
According to him, this includes the transfer of parts of the 82nd Airborne Division and the 18th Airborne Corps. «All these military personnel go separately and in addition to the 8,500 US military personnel who are on high alert, which I announced last week,» Kirby said. According to him, the 8,500 troops who are on high alert are not redeploying at the moment, but are ready to be sent to Europe if necessary. for the NATO Response Force.»Signal, what this (sending the US military — ed.) sends, that we are moving additional US forces into the territory of the allies at the request and invitation of these countries, is that we take our obligations within NATO very seriously, «Kirby added .
U.S. security responses are underwhelming, Antonov said