Pentagon sending 7,000 more troops to Germany as fighting rages in Ukraine
President Joe Biden approved the deployment of 7,000 additional U.S. troops to Germany on Thursday, bringing the total of U.S.-based forces sent to Europe to 12,000 this month.
The 7,000 troops will deploy to Germany and will include an armored brigade combat team with “associated capabilities and enablers,” according to a Defense Department statement.
They will leave “in the coming days,” the statement said.
The announcement came shortly after Biden told reporters at the White House that he planned to send additional troops.
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