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are now stationed along the border with ukraine. some of those russian troops taking part in joint military operations in belarus. here in the u.s. tonight, airmen at travis air force base in california loading up military and weaponry to help ukraine. and what the ukrainian president just said about moves by the u.s. to get families of u.s. embassy personnel out of that country. he called the move premature, urging calm. our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz leading us off tonight. reporter: with more russian troops massing on ukraine s border, navy vessels in the baltic seas, and russian fighter jets heading to belarus, ukraine s neighbor to the north, the pentagon tonight placing 8,500 u.s. troops on heightened alert for possible rapid deployment to back nato allies in eastern europe and the baltics. at the direction of the president, and following recommendations made by secretary austin, the
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