Military personnel from the 82nd Airborne Division and 18th Airborne Corps board a C-17 transport plane for deployment to Eastern Europe at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on February 3, 2022.
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Sat 05 February 2022:
The first US troops reinforcing NATO partners in Eastern Europe landed at Rzeszow military base in southeastern Poland on Saturday, amid a Russian military build-up on Ukraine’s border.
As preparations at the base, which is close Poland’s border with Ukraine, a tiny jet carrying what a Polish military source claimed were US chain of command personnel landed in the morning at Rzeszow-Jasionka airport.
Temporary housing was being readied at the G2A Arena in the neighbouring town of Jasionka, while workers were seen erecting a barrier around the site, according to television footage.
On Wednesday, Kirby said that the US will temporarily deploy additional forces to Europe amid escalating tensions with Russia. The deployment includes 1,700 soldiers to be sent to Poland and 1,000 US personnel based in Germany will be relocated to Romania and another 8,500 troops will “remain ready to move if called for the NATO response force,” Kirby said.
The US forces that will station in Poland landed at the Jasionka airport near the Polish city of Rzeszow, the PAP news agency reported.
“As announced, the first elements of the brigade battle group from the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army have arrived in Poland,” a Polish military spokesman said.
On Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden ordered nearly 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania to shield Eastern Europe from a potential spillover from the Ukraine crisis.
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