He will take command of about 100,000 US troops.
Head of Command American Forces in Europe became General Christopher Cavoli. The appointment was announced to the press on Tuesday by Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin, according to the website of the State Department of Defense./p>
In this position, he should be responsible, among other things, for efforts to assess the actions of the Russian military in Europe and oversee the supply of weapons to the United States and its allies in Ukraine.
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“Arms supplies constantly arrive on the eastern flank of NATO, where they are picked up by the Ukrainian side and imported into the country by rail or truck” – the message reads.
NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu confirmed on Twitter later Tuesday that the alliance's North Atlantic Council had approved Cavoli's candidacy for the post of NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe. In this role, he will oversee the NATO Air Force, which regularly flies to Europe to track Russian aircraft, especially when they fly without identification.
He will replace Air Force General Todd Walters, who plans to go to resigned.
Information from the biography of General Cavoli
Participated in the war in Afghanistan, speaks French, Italian and Russian, is a graduate of Yale University. Kavoli holds a Master's degree in Arts from Russian and Eastern European Studies.
In 1999, he commanded the future operations of the 10th Mountain Division, stationed in Bosnia. Since 2001 – in the Office of Strategic Plans and Policies of the Joint Staff, in 2004 he became a senior researcher at the University of National Defense.
Yesterday we reported that the North Atlantic Alliance has decided to expand its presence in the Balkans to Ukraine. NATO is creating a new battle group in Romania.
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