{"id":486202,"date":"2022-02-08T16:12:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=486202"},"modified":"2022-02-10T21:51:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T19:51:47","slug":"first-100-us-soldiers-arrived-in-romania-amid-russian-threat-to-invade-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/first-100-us-soldiers-arrived-in-romania-amid-russian-threat-to-invade-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"First 100 US soldiers arrived in Romania amid Russian threat to invade Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>February 8, the first US troops arrive in Romania to bolster NATO\u2019s eastern flank amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/first-us-reinforcement-troops-arrive-romania-2022-02-08\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters <\/a>reported it, citing Romanian Defence Minister Vasile Dincu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver 100 US soldiers, specialists, who are preparing this deployment, have arrived,\u201d Romanian Defense Minister Vasile Dancu told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. currently has about 900 soldiers in Romania and hosts a ballistic missile defense system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NATO presence in central and eastern Europe includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Battlegroups (Enchaced Forward Presence)<\/li><li>Force Integration Unit<\/li><li>US missle shield<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The first batch of US soldiers arrived in <strong>Poland<\/strong> over the weekend with the bulk of the contingent to follow. It is planned to send nearly 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania to shield NATO eastern flanks. In addition, <strong>France\u2019s<\/strong> president Emmanuel Macron expressed his readiness to send hundreds of troops to Romania under NATO command. <strong>Germany<\/strong> states is would deploy nearly 350 additional troops to Lithuania, as Russia&#8217;s military buildup near Ukraine grows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-to-hold-military-drills-engaging-bayraktar-drones-javelin-nlaw-missiles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Read also:<\/strong> Ukraine to hold military drills engaging Bayraktar drones, Javelin, NLAW missiles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three out of fifteen former Soviet republics have become members of NATO. Ukraine has close relations with the Alliance, and since 2014, its cooperation with the body has enchased. The Kremlin expected to demand a guarantee that NATO won\u2019t expand east, so Ukraine and Georgia would not join the Alliance. However, Biden\u2019s administration states that NATO adheres to the open doors policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 8, the first US troops arrive in Romania to bolster NATO\u2019s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36415],"tags":[],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-486202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First 100 US soldiers arrived in Romania amid Russian threat to invade Ukraine - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/first-100-us-soldiers-arrived-in-romania-amid-russian-threat-to-invade-ukraine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First 100 US soldiers arrived in Romania amid Russian threat to invade Ukraine - 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