US Deploys Thousands of Troopers to Poland, Lithuania, Estonia

Colonel Anthony Semmelroth, a spokesman for the US Military Command in Europe, YUKOM, said that the Pentagon has deployed about 4,000 soldiers in Poland, 100 military advisers in Lithuania, and 60 others in Estonia, as part of operations to support the allied countries in Eastern Europe.

Semmelroth added that the number of these forces is subject to change and increase according to the necessities of training and coordination with the host countries.

He noted that the nature of their deployment is defensive with distinction, in accordance with the legitimacy of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization "NATO".

The US Defense Department (Pentagon) had put about 8,500 soldiers, most of them from the 82nd and 101st Parachute Divisions, on high alert at Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Campbell in Kentucky, to move them to Eastern Europe in case the need arises.

The Pentagon said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had raised the level of military build-up in terms of aircraft and medical services and that he had all the capabilities to invade any moment inside Ukraine.

This comes at a time when White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed that Washington does not know what President Putin will do regarding Ukraine.