US troops departed Fort Bragg for eastern Europe to reinforce NATO forces as Russia continues to threaten Ukraine
US troops departed Fort Bragg for jap Europe to bolster NATO forces as Russia continues to threaten Ukraine (Photos: AFP/Reuters)

1000's of US troops lined up on a tarmac and boarded planes headed for jap Europe on Thursday as a part of the most recent deployment to bolster NATO forces amid Russia’s menace to invade Ukraine.

The two,000 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division and the 18th Airborne Corps left Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on C-17 transport planes. They have been cut up into 1,700 82nd Airborne Division members going to Poland, and 300 18th Airborne Corps troops heading to Germany.

‘What you’re seeing out right here in the present day… is a facility that we sometimes use for paratroopers earlier than they load out to conduct their operation,’ US Military spokesman Matthew Visser mentioned.

‘Proper now it’s getting used for the pre-mobilization for troopers from 18th Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division who're fulfilling their order to deploy to Europe, each to Germany and to Poland, in assist of assuring our NATO allies and our companions in deterring Russia.’

Paratroopers with the US Army 82nd Airborne Division boarded transport planes to Poland
Paratroopers with the US Military 82nd Airborne Division boarded transport planes to Poland (Image: Reuters)

The US introduced on Wednesday that it could ship about 3,000 further troops to Poland and Romania to guard jap Europe amid Russian troops’ presence on the border with Ukraine.

Already, 1,200 American troopers with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment in Germany are being despatched to Romania to bolster 900 US troops.

‘America stands shoulder to shoulder with our NATO allies,’ Pentagon spokesman John Kirby mentioned on Wednesday. ‘The present scenario calls for that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on NATO’s jap flank.’

Kirby mentioned that deploying extra troops is required given greater than 100,000 Kremlin troops have congregated at Ukraine’s jap border. The US troops is not going to be there on a ‘everlasting’ foundation, he mentioned.

Paratroopers with the US Army 82nd Airborne Division prepare for deployment to eastern Europe amid escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Paratroopers with the US Military 82nd Airborne Division put together for deployment to jap Europe amid escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (Image: Reuters)

Russia has denied reviews that it plans to invade Ukraine.

However senior Biden administration officers on Thursday mentioned they've intelligence suggesting that Russia has been making ready a faux, graphic video as a pretext to invade Ukraine.

The propaganda video reveals gory scenes together with a ‘staged false explosion with corpses, actors depicting mourners, and pictures of destroyed places and navy tools’, the official mentioned.

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