The USS Harry S. Truman is being placed under NATO command for the first time since end of the Cold War
* The USS Harry S. Truman is being placed under NATO command for the first time since end of the Cold War
* The Pentagon said aircraft carrier and its strike group will participate in a NATO maritime exercise in the Mediterranean Sea which will last until February 4
* According to Pentagon press secretary John Kirby, the exercise, which will begin on Monday, is something that had been planned since 2020
* The NATO exercise coincides with rising tension with Moscow and fear that Russia will invade Ukraine
* Several U.S. warships were ordered to stay in the Mediterranean 'to reassure' European countries as tensions with Russia rise
* President Joe Biden said on Monday that he and European leaders had 'total unanimity' about the situation in the Ukraine but didn't offer more details
* 'I had a very, very, very good meeting. Total unanimity with all the European leaders. We'll talk about it later,' Biden told reporters at the White House
* The Pentagon announced the 8,500 troops are US-based and stressed there was no plan to deploy them at this time, but that they would be ready in case the NATO Response Force was activated
* 'It's very clear the Russians have no intention right now of de-escalating,' DoD spokesman John Kirby said
* White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki warned that an alleged coup plot by Russia to overthrow Ukraine's leadership would be a 'severe escalation' at her daily briefing on Monday
* A new report reveals Joe Biden is finalizing his plans to deploy U.S. forces to Eastern Europe
* Several U.S. officials said the administration is in the final stages of identifying which military units to send to deter Russia and is preparing deployment orders
* The Ukraine Foreign Ministry's spokesperson criticized the U.S. State Department's decision to withdraw some embassy staff and families in a Monday morning Twitter post and called it 'premature'
* President Biden is considering deploying several thousand American troops together with warships and aircraft, to NATO ally countries located in the Baltics
* Both the United States and United Kingdom are withdrawing some diplomats from their embassies in Kiev
* The European Union has said it will not yet pull its diplomats from Kiev and warned against 'dramatizing' the situation as other Western governments begin to cautiously evacuate their citizens
* Among the strategies being considered, are between 1,000 to 5,000 U.S. troops being relocated to countries in Eastern Europe but there would also be a potential to increase to 50,000 should the need arise
The USS Harry S. Truman is being placed under NATO command for the first time since the end of the Cold War as tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue to escalate.
The Pentagon said aircraft carrier and its strike group will participate in a NATO maritime exercise in the Mediterranean Sea which will last until February 4.
According to Pentagon press secretary John Kirby, the exercise, which will begin next Monday, is something that had been planned since 2020 and is not in response to rising tensions with Russia
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