Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the deployment in Europe was aimed at replacing some of the troops stationed there earlier this year.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin ordered to deploy in Europe has about 10,000 personnel in the coming months to replace army units stationed in the region before and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
However, Kirby clarified that these forces are not will be sent to Ukraine and will be stationed in Europe to ensure the defense of NATO countries, according to the Pentagon's website.
“These deployments are a replacement (rotation) that leaves our overall position in the region unchanged at about 100,000,” he told a news conference at the Pentagon. “Changing units will return to their bases after changing responsibilities.”
These are not permanent relocations, Kirby said. “These are steps designed to respond to the current security environment,” he said.”Ukrainians have prevented the Russians from achieving virtually any of their strategic goals in the war,” Kirby said. “Now both sides have suffered losses. Both sides have lost capability, whether technical means or defense systems. That is why we are working so hard to ensure that Ukraine continues to have the materials, systems, and weapons available to it in order to continue to defend itself. ”
In fairness, on May 11, the US House of Representatives approved $ 40 billion aid package to Ukraine
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