Following President Joe Biden’s orders to deploy 1,700 soldiers amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, a few dozen elite U.S. troops and equipment were seen on Sunday landing in southeastern Poland near the border with Ukraine.
According to USA Today Online, hundreds more infantry troops of the 82nd Airborne Division are expected to arrive at the Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport, 56 miles from Poland’s border with Ukraine.
Their arrival came as diplomacy continued, with Biden speaking to French President Emmanuel Macron of France, holding firm on their backing of Ukraine’s sovereignty, according to a report from the White House on Sunday afternoon.
US officials on Saturday indicated Russia has assembled at least 70 per cent of the military firepower it likely intends to have in place by midmonth to give President Vladimir Putin the option of launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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