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NYT: Biden Considers Deploying Troops, Air Force and Navy in Eastern Europe

According to the publication, the United States is considering expanding its military presence in the region amid growing fears due to Russian actions. Biden may decide to send troops to Europe this week

Фото: Stoyan Nenov / Reuters

US President Joe Biden is considering deploying several thousand US military personnel, as well as ships and aircraft, to the Baltic countries and Eastern Europe, reports The New York Times, citing sources in the US administration. The US authorities are considering expanding their military presence in the region amid growing fears about a possible Russian “invasion” of Ukraine, the newspaper writes.

On Saturday, January 22, at a meeting at the country residence of the US President Camp David, senior Pentagon officials presented Biden with several options for action, the sources said. They include sending between 1,000 and 5,000 troops to Eastern European countries with the possibility of a “tenfold increase” in their number if the situation worsens.

Biden is expected to make a decision as early as this week, newspaper sources said.

The publication clarifies that none of the options considered does not provide for the deployment of additional US troops on the territory of Ukraine itself.

The move, according to the NYT, will be a “turning point” for the administration of the American president, which until now has taken a low-key stance towards Ukraine, fearing to provoke Russia. But since talks between Russian and US officials failed, the administration decided to abandon that strategy.

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