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US 82nd Airborne Division troops lands in Poland amid Ukraine tension
Updated On: 06 February, 2022 07:50 PM IST | Rzeszow-Jasionka (Poland) | AP
USA President Joe Biden ordered additional US troops deployed to Poland, Romania and Germany to demonstrate to both allies and foes America`s commitment to NATO`s eastern flank amid rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine
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US troops deploy for Europe from Pope Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Photo/AFP
Hundreds of elite US troops landed on Sunday in southeastern Poland near the border with Ukraine on President Joe Biden`s orders to deploy 1,700 soldiers there amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The airborne infantry troops of the 82nd Airborne Division arrived at the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport on a US Army Boeing C-17 Globemaster plane. Their commander is Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, who on August 30 was the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan.
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