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The Pentagon on Friday said it sending 3,000 more troops from the 82nd Airborne to Poland as tensions increase over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. ....
Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) The Pentagon has ordered 3,000 more soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division to Poland as tensions continued to mount about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, a senior defense official said Friday. The deployment of the additional troops to Poland came as the White House warned that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could begin during the Olympics and urged all American citizens in Ukraine to leave the country over the next 24 to 48 hours. "At the direction of the President, Secretary Austin today ordered to Poland the remaining 3,000 soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Infantry Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Bragg, N.C.," said a senior U.S. defense official. "These troops will depart Fort Bragg over the next couple of days. They are expected to be in place by early next week." The additional paratroopers will join the 1,700 soldiers from the same unit who began arriving in Poland earlier this week to help prepare ....