The Pentagon is sending refueling aircraft and troops to Europe

A senior Pentagon official told a news conference Monday night that a number of troops and military equipment, including refueling planes, had been sent to Eastern Europe under the pretext of supporting NATO members and allies against Russia, according to Fars News Agency. informed.

According to news sources, the senior US Department of Defense official said that an additional 500 US troops will be sent to Europe to support NATO operations in Europe. According to the Pentagon official, the United States intends to send its KC-135 fuel aircraft to Greece and air operations support teams to Poland and Romania. The US official added that there are currently 100,000 US troops stationed in Europe.

“The Pentagon now estimates that nearly 100 percent of the Russian combat force stationed on the Ukrainian border is now engaged in combat,” the senior US defense official said.

The United States has so far sent large shipments of Javelin anti-tank missiles and other offensive and defense equipment to Ukraine.

Informed sources say that at present there is no evidence of Russia’s plan to attack other countries. Russia strongly opposes any NATO development in Eastern, Central Europe and near its borders.

Speaking at a news conference with his Lithuanian counterpart, the US Secretary of State said that no one should doubt the readiness of the US military.

Blinken, currently in Lithuania, announced on Monday that the United States would deploy an additional 400 troops to Lithuania.

“Another 400 military personnel will arrive in Lithuania in the coming days,” US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told a news conference with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Monday.

With the deployment of these forces, the number of American troops in Lithuania will increase to about 1,000. An American battalion of about 500 troops is currently stationed in the military training area of ​​Parabarda, north of Vilnius.

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