MILITARY
NATO sends forces east amid Ukraine crisis
January 24, 2022 - President Biden is considering deploying several thousand U.S. troops, as well as warships and aircraft, to NATO allies in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, amid fears of a Russian incursion into Ukraine.
The Pentagon on Monday ordered 8,500 U.S.-based troops to be put on alert for possible deployment – not to Ukraine but to NATO territory in Eastern Europe as part of an alliance force meant to signal a unified commitment to deter any wider Russian aggression, AP said.