Biden admitted big moves of American forces and technology: Soldiers to the Baltics, fighters to NATO’s eastern wing – NEW TIME

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Tuesday’s statement by US President Joe Biden on the redeployment of troops in Europe includes the deployment of 800 infantry troops to the Baltic region and up to eight F-35 fighters to several operating sites along NATO’s eastern flank, the U.S. official said on condition of anonymity.

TASR has taken over the report from Reuters. According to this high-ranking US defense official The United States will also send 32 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters to the Baltic region and Poland from within Europe.

“This additional personnel is being relocated to reassure our NATO allies, discourage any potential aggression against NATO member states, and train with host country forces,” a U.S. defense official said.

“I have approved additional transfers of US forces and technology already in place in Europe to strengthen our Baltic allies, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.” Biden announced on Tuesday, stressing that the transfers were purely defensive.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s stated intention to send Russian troops to separatist areas in eastern Ukraine described Biden as “the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine”.

On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of the self-proclaimed pro-Russian republics in eastern Ukraine – the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPRK and LHR) – and ordered the deployment of troops to the area. The move raised concerns that a large-scale invasion of Ukraine could take place.