that we reinforce the deterrent eastern flank.posture on nato s- reporter: 34 3,000 troops being sent to eastern europe, but not ukraine. 1,000 are based in germany and will held to romania. no deployment dates yet, but we re told in the coming days. 2,000 troops will move from fort bragg in north carolina to poland and germany. these are in addition to the 8,500 troops already on heightened alert. the pentagon stressing these deployments are not permanent, but designed to bolster allies in the standoff with russia over ukraine. the kremlin has over 100,000 trps ang oine s borders attack. and that the new troops to the north are just there for training. tonight, russia condemning the movement of american forces, calling it a destructive step that fuels military tension. we do not know if russia has made a final decision to further invade ukraine, but it clearly