US airborne infantry troops arrive in Poland amid Ukraine disaster
2 min readHundreds of US airborne infantry troops arrived in southeastern Poland on Sunday amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. US Army troops of the 82nd Airborne Division unloading automobiles from a transport airplane after arriving from Fort Bragg on the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport in southeastern Poland, on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. (AP Photo)Hundreds of US elite troops have been anticipated to reach in southeastern Poland close to the border with Ukraine on Sunday on President Joe Biden’s orders to deploy 1,700 troopers there amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The airborne infantry troops of the 82nd Airborne Division have been anticipated on the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport. Their commander is Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, who was the final American soldier to go away Afghanistan on August 30.Biden ordered further US troops deployed to Poland, Romania and Germany to reveal to each allies and foes America’s dedication to NATO’s japanese flank amid rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine. NATO’s japanese member Poland borders each Russia and Ukraine. Romania borders Ukraine.READ: Top Biden aide says Ukraine invasion may come ‘any day’The division can quickly deploy inside 18 hours and conduct parachute assaults to safe key goals. Based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the division’s historical past goes again to 1917.Earlier within the week, US planes introduced tools and logistics troops in preparation for the arrival of components of the division to the airport, situated some 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Poland’s border with Ukraine.Polish troopers have beforehand labored along with the US division on missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, based on Maj. Przemyslaw Lipczynski, spokesman for the Polish Army 18th Mechanized Division.Some 4,000 US troops have been stationed in Poland since 2017, on a rotating foundation.ALSO READ: US delivers army helicopters to Croatia as Russia arms SerbiaALSO READ: Russian bombers fly over Belarus amid Ukraine tensionsClick right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.
