Another plane with American paratroopers arrived in Poland. The C-17A Globemaster III transport board delivered units from the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army there.
The plane, which took off from the Fort Bragg base in North Carolina, landed at the airport in the city of Rzeszow, which is located 90 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. In total, 1,700 American paratroopers should be accommodated there. Another C-17A Globemaster III transport is expected to arrive there on Tuesday, February 8. “Interfax”.
Earlier, three planes with personnel and one more with cargo arrived at the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport. According to the command of the US troops in Europe, an advanced group of paratroopers landed in Poland on Sunday, February 6. Among the arrivals is the commander of the 82nd division, General Christopher Donahue.
Last week, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that the US command is deploying additional forces to Germany, Poland and Romania in connection with the situation around Ukraine. Kirby assured that these troops would not participate in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine itself, but would have to provide “the defense of NATO allies.”
In total, the Americans plan to transfer about three thousand military personnel to Europe. They will join the units that are already there. At the same time, the US military department keeps 8,500 troops on high alert. Send your military to Poland the UK plans.
On February 7, it was reported that in the conflict zone in Donbass groups of Polish mercenaries infiltrated and Ukrainian radicals trained by Western instructors.