3,000 u. S. Troops to europe as the threat of a russian invasion looms over ukraine. Hello, welcome to America Reports for a wednesday, john roberts in washington. Sandra, good to be back with you. Sandra great to see you. Welcome back. Sandra smith in new york. Additional forces are deploying to poland, germany and romania, all of which are nato members, on top of the 8500 troops already on high alert and ready for deployment if needed. John the pentagon says the u. S. Is committed to defending nato allies as tensions rise, and new Satellite Images reveal the extent of russias military activity in the region. Sandra steve live in kyiv, what is putin doing now . Whats he doing now and whats he going to do, the question many World Leaders are asking themselves. Putin kept quiet about ukraine for a month, he broke the silence yesterday in classic passion. Twisted it around saying the u. S. Was trying to drag russia into war in ukraine, not mentioning the massive buildup of Russian Forces
Eastern and northern borders. Cyber, Electronic Warfare grand and control, Logistics Engineers and other capabilities along ukraines borders, putting russia in a position to move quickly if Vladimir Putin wants to. Joining me is Erin Mclaughlin in kyiv, and Courtney Kube at the pentagon. This is not the totality the pentagon had at its disposal but they are moving them, and there was a moment in the News Conference today where they talked about how they would protect the pentagon, protect u. S. Nato allies. You mentioned that caught your attention during the last pentagon briefing. What did you make of that today . Right. Theres two groups of troops that would be moved here. The 3,000 we heard about today, 2,000 from the United States and 1,000 already there in europe. Its important to point out, the u. S. Military has between 75 and 8,500 troops to move, and this is the u. S. Moving these troops into poland, romania and germany at the request of those governments, so to go in and try
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Developing this morning, threats to judge and jurors. New questions about the safety of the people working on the cases against donald trump. The scope of destruction in hawaii heartbreaking. The death toll from the wildfires still climbing and more than 1,000 people are still unaccounted for. There are new questions as to how the fire started. Were live on the ground in maui. Searching for front line fighters on facebook. Wagner turning to social media to recruit new soldiers for the war in ukraine. Im kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman this is cnn news centralcentral. Developing right now. New chilling threats against a judge and jurors involved in cases against donald trump. This is what we know. Police say a trump supporter in texas is in custody after she allegedly threatened to kill the judge presiding over the 2020 federal election case if trump does not get elected in 2024. In georgia, new concern for the grand jurors who just issued an indictment against trump. Phot