RZESZOW: The first US troops reinforcing Nato allies in eastern Europe amid a Russian military build-up on Ukraine’s border arrived on Saturday at Rzeszow military base in southeastern Poland.
A plane carrying what a Polish military source said were US chain of command personnel landed in the morning at Rzeszow-Jasionka airport as preparations continued at the base, which is near Poland’s border with Ukraine. TV footage showed temporary accommodation being prepared at an exhibition centre in the town of Jasionka. “As announced, the first elements of a battle group of the US army have arrived in Poland,” a Polish military spokesman said.
On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden ordered about 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania to shield eastern Europe from a potential spillover from the Ukraine crisis. About 1,700 service members will deploy to Poland “over the next days”, US army sources have said. As per the Pentagon, a squadron of 1,000 US service members based in the German town of Vilseck will be sent to Romania. The first additional US troops arrived in Germany on Friday.
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