The United States is moving F-16 fighter jets from Germany to Romania
The U.S. Air Force Command in Europe, without specifying the number of fighters, said the planes would be stationed Friday at the Festi Air Base in Romania, which is less than 60 miles (100 km) from the Black Sea.
The United States has said the move is aimed at “strengthening regional security” and that the fighters will join Italian fighters already stationed at the base.
The US-based European Air Force Command, based in Germany, said in a statement that the fighters and their crews were deployed to strengthen security in the region during the current tensions caused by Russia’s military deployment near Ukraine and closely with its allies in the sea region. Black will cooperate.
The fighters will be responsible for protecting NATO airspace near Crimea.
The U.S. Air Force on Thursday announced the deployment of B-52 strategic bombers in Britain, while the US Navy announced the joining of four destroyers to its sixth fleet in Europe.
Earlier, CNN reported that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had ordered the deployment of an additional 3,000 troops to Poland. The force will move in the next few days to join the 1,700 US troops currently stationed in Poland.
Bloomberg’s website also quoted informed officials as saying that Russia’s actions could include provoking the Donbass region or attacking the capital Kiev. Any action by Russia could begin on Tuesday.
The US media did not know whether Putin had decided to carry out such plans or not, the American media quoted the informed officials as saying. In addition, they say, the United States has not shared the evidence to support its assessments.
US President Joe Biden yesterday urged Americans living in Ukraine to leave the country, and today Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is in Melbourne, Australia, claiming that a Russian attack on Ukraine may precede the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics. (Within the next few days).
“I want to make it clear that every American in Ukraine must leave the country as soon as possible within the next 24 to 48 hours,” he said. Obviously, we can not predict the future.
“We do not know exactly what is going to happen, but now the danger is high enough and the threat is urgent enough,” Sullivan said.
The West, especially the United States, has stepped up its claims of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. Moscow denies plans to attack Ukraine