Biden will deploy 3,000 TROOPS to Eastern Europe in major show of force against Putin: 2,000 will be sent to Poland and Germany and 8,500 are put on high alert as satellite images show vast Russian military build-up at border
- Joe Biden has approved deployment of 3,000 American troops to Eastern Europe 'in the coming days’
- 2,000 troops stationed in Fort Bragg, North Carolina will deploy to Poland and Germany this week
- Another 1,000 troops part of a Germany-based infantry Stryker squadron will reposition to Romania at NATO’s closest flank to Russia
- Republicans are warning Biden against another Afghanistan-type situations with a 20-year conflict
- Letters sent by US and NATO to Vladimir Putin offering to deescalate Ukraine crisis leaked by Spanish media
- Missives, which both sides refuse to confirm are genuine, show Putin was offered a deal to keep missiles out of Ukraine and renegotiate Cold War-era weapons treaties in return for withdrawing his troops
- Putin is also warned that deploying more troops to the region will force NATO to strengthen its own forces
- Letters leaked as satellite images revealed increased Russian troop activity in regions bordering Ukraine
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