US announces Abrams tanks for Poland as Russia threat mounts

  • 📰 STForeignDesk
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 48 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 23%
  • Publisher: 71%

Singapore Headlines News

Singapore Latest News,Singapore Headlines

WARSAW - US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Friday the planned sale of 250 Abrams tanks to Poland, as Washington moves to strengthen the defences of a key eastern European ally amid a mo

unting threat of war between neighbouring Ukraine and Russia.

It follows the deployment of nearly 5,000 additional US troops to Poland as well as additional fighter aircraft, as part of Washington's response to the Ukraine crisis. "It will also strengthen our interoperability with the Polish armed forces, boosting the credibility of our combined deterrence efforts and those of our other Nato Allies."

Birthplace of the Solidarity trade union movement that played a key role in bringing down Communism in central Europe, Poland is particularly sensitive to what it sees as threats of Russian expansionism, and both conservative and liberal governments have been steadfast in their support for Kyiv. President Joe Biden has ruled out deploying US forces to fight in Ukraine against Russia. But deployments like the ones to Poland could put US and Russian troops in close proximity, which experts say is still a risk given that conflict can easily, and inadvertently, spill over borders.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 4. in SG

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

US and Nato say Russia is building up troops near Ukraine, not withdrawingstraits_times That’s their version. One sided & silly. Multiple news outlets shown their forces pulling back on TRAINS as promised after their military exercises terminated. Why don’t you properly report facts instead of banking on uncorroborated words from 2 obviously vested organisations😉🤣
Source: STForeignDesk - 🏆 4. / 71 Read more »

US' Blinken warns Russia against declaring Ukraine breakaway regions independentUkraine should attack in full force the Donetsk and Luhansk region, looks like putin will invade it using not the RU military but thr RU duma.... attack it now, putin is lost his guts vs NATO
Source: STForeignDesk - 🏆 4. / 71 Read more »

US and NATO say Russia is building up troops near Ukraine, not withdrawingKYIV: The United States and NATO said Russia was still building up troops around Ukraine on Wednesday (Feb 16) despite Moscow\u0027s insistence it was pulling back, questioning President Vladimir Putin\u0027s stated desire to negotiate a solution to the crisis. In Ukraine, where people raised flags and played the na
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

At UN, US warns Russia planning to invade Ukraine in 'coming days'
Source: STForeignDesk - 🏆 4. / 71 Read more »

US says Russia is preparing pretext to invade UkraineMOSCOW/KYIV: US President Joe Biden said on Thursday (Feb 17) there was now every indication Russia was planning to invade Ukraine in the next few days and was preparing a pretext to justify it, after Ukrainian forces and pro-Moscow rebels traded fire in eastern Ukraine. The Kremlin accused Biden
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

Russia moving towards 'imminent invasion' of Ukraine: US envoy to UNUNITED NATIONS — Russia is still moving toward an 'imminent invasion' of Ukraine, the US envoy to the United Nations warned Thursday (Feb 17) ahead of what is expected to be a heated meeting of the Security Council on the ongoing crisis.
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »