Hundreds of US soldiers arrive in Poland

SANAA, Feb. 17 (YPA) – Hundreds of US paratroopers landed at a Polish airport near the Ukrainian border on Wednesday as part of a deployment of several thousand to bolster NATO’s eastern flank amid tensions with Russia.

According to AFP, the soldiers disembarking from two Boeing C-17 military transport planes and boarding buses at Rzeszow Airport, located around 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the border with Ukraine.

Armoured cars, military trucks, containers and dozens more soldiers were seen at a makeshift camp set up in and around a glass-covered conference centre opposite the airport terminal.

Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division based in North Carolina have been landing and deploying  at the airport in the village of Jasionka since February 5.

The United States has announced its intention to temporarily deploy a total of 4,700 additional troops to Poland, a member of the European Union and NATO.

These reinforcements will increase the number of US troops in Poland to about 10,000.

E.M