Pentagon Sending 3,000 Troops to Eastern Europe Amid Russia Tensions

Pentagon Sending 3,000 Troops to Eastern Europe Amid Russia Tensions
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, on Feb 1, 2022. Nicholas Kamm / AFP via Getty Images
Nick Ciolino
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The United States is deploying about 3,000 troops to Eastern European ally countries, amid ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine, the Pentagon announced on Feb. 2.

The deployment includes about 2,000 troops going to Germany and Poland and a 1,000-member mounted cavalry unit moving to Romania from Germany, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby told news outlets on Feb. 2.