Pentagon: the United States does not intend to increase the military contingent in Europe
Earlier, the representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov said that the 2-I armored brigade of the United States arrived in Poland and deployed along with armored vehicles, while there remained a technique 3 of the American brigade.
According to him, the rotation is carried out "in full compliance with all treaties and international obligations, including the fundamental Russia-NATO act." He also said that the number of “American heavy ground-based military equipment stationed in Europe remains far below the established norms under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty)”.
Michael also noted that "the armored brigade leaving the position arrived in January and is currently at the stage of withdrawal from the deployment sites." Its population is about 3,5 thousand people.
According to him, "the advancing team is in the process of arriving at the position." We are talking about 3.3 thousand troops and 1,6 thousand pieces of equipment, including 85 tanks.
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