Gen. Tod D. Wolters, Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, exits a Change of Command ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Aug. 20, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tate Cardinal)
* Gen Tod Wolters, head of Europe Command, appeared before senators Tuesday
* He said the U.S. may have to send more troops to the region to bolster defenses
* The U.S. deployment has already grown from 60,000 to 102,000
* And he confirmed that Russia had fired multiple hypersonic weapons in Ukraine
* But, he added, that they had failed to 'put fear in the hearts of the enemy'
The top American commander in Europe on Tuesday said he believed the U.S. will have to add to the 102,000 troops in the region to bolster defenses against Vladimir Putin.
And Gen. Tod Wolters told a Senate committee hearing that Russia had used multiple hypersonic weapons in Ukraine but that they had failed in their effort to spread fear among Ukrainians.
The head of Europe Command also admitted that there could have been an intelligence gap that allowed Washington to overestimate Russia's military capabilities and underestimate the power of Ukrainian resistance.
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