This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a high-ranking representative of the US military department at a briefing.

“Over the weekend, the head of the Pentagon ordered the deployment of an additional 500 troops in Europe,” he said.

Earlier, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that the Polish authorities are trying to make sure that there are as many US soldiers in the republic as possible.

On February 11, it was reported that the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, ordered the dispatch of an additional 3,000 American troops to Poland.