US Army Deploys Thousands of Troops and Dozens of Tanks to Eastern Europe © Flickr/ 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command
US Army Deploys Thousands of Troops and Dozens of Tanks to Eastern Europe © Flickr/ 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command
EUROPE 21:35 06.01.2017(updated 21:37 06.01.2017) Get short URL 0 9402 The US military has begun the deployment of 4,000 troops and 87 tanks to Eastern Europe, German media reported on Thursday. © AP PHOTO/ CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI NATO Creeping Toward Russian Borders Citing Alleged Threat From Moscow The US army is unloading 87 tanks and other military equipment including jeeps and howitzers from three transport ships at the German port of Bremerhaven, Germany’s Radio Bremen reported on Friday. The equipment is being transported to Poland by rail, from where it will be distributed across the Baltic States, Bulgaria and Romania. A spokesman for the German Bundeswehr in Brandenburg said that a total 900 wagons would be required to transport the freight by rail, with a total length of 14 kilometers. The extra military presence is part of the Atlantic Resolve operation launched by the US military in April 2014, in the aftermath of the US-backed Maidan coup d’etat in Ukraine. The US has used claims of Russian military interference in Ukraine as the pretext for its military build-up in Eastern Europe, which Russia regards as a security threat. © REUTERS/ ANNA KRASKO/AGENCJA GAZETA Russian Threat? US Sending More Tanks to Poland to Boost NATO Forces in E Europe In the past ten years NATO’s presence along Russia’s western borders has grown eightfold, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said last month. Last month commander of US Army Europe Ben Hodges told the German magazine Der Spiegel that the US will continue to pursue military buildup in Europe in spite of the election of Donald Trump, who pledged to end the US commitment to European defense during his campaign. “We will remain here, and we will remain the leader of NATO,” he said. Hodges added that Democratic and Republican members of Congress had written to Trump urging him to maintain the US presence in Europe. “They (the senators) want the US to remain in Europe, they want the deterrent against Russia,” the commander said. Never miss a story again — sign up to our Telegram channel and we’ll keep you up to speed! … 02 by Taboola Sponsored Links You May Like
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