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Jan 24 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: US puts 8,500 troops in the United States on a heightened alert to deploy to Europe if needed at a time of escalating tensions with Russia. @PentagonPresSec says there have been no deployment orders yet. "No mission assigned. This is about getting troops ready".
Pentagon signals it could also move US troops already in Europe if needed. Any deployment would be in support of #NATO. It wouldn't be to deploy to Ukraine. @PentagonPresSec says: "It proves how seriously the US takes our Article 5 commitment" (an attack on 1 = attack on all)
The units in the United States being put on a heightened alert to deploy in support of #NATO in Europe include combat, aviation, intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance & logistics
Important point: @PentagonPresSec says one reason for putting 8,500 troops in US on heightened alert to deploy to Europe in case #NATO needs them is as part of efforts to deter Russia from invading Ukraine. Basically signalling seriousness of US intent to come to Europe's defence

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Jan 27
Sharing some thoughts on what could potentially happen in Ukraine from a long-time security/defence expert who asked to be anonymous but whose opinion is respected on topics like Russia's ways of war and strategic goals... 1/
“We may be reaching the point when [Russian President Vladimir] Putin considers that the Western position [on Ukraine/wider European security] will not now change sufficiently to enable him to get what he wants without invasion. 2/
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Jan 25
BREAKING: Prime Minister @BorisJohnson signals UK will deploy more British forces to support NATO in Europe if Russia launches any new invasion of Ukraine. He tells MPs UK would "look to contribute to any new NATO deployments to protect our allies in Europe"
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BREAKING: #NATO chief says it's "not realistic" to expect Russia-US/NATO talks this week to resolve Ukraine/Europe security crisis. But @jensstoltenberg hopes there's the will to "engage in a process" to prevent conflict. Aim is to agree on a "way forward... a series of meetings"
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"What we are hoping for is that we can agree on a way forward, that we can agree on a series of meetings, that we can agree on a process. 2/
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Jan 7
BREAKING: #NATO chief @jensstoltenberg, referring to Russia's military build-up around Ukraine, says the "risk of conflict is real". He says it's positive that Russia will come to table to talk next week but says the alliance must be prepared for possibility the dialogue may fail
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BREAKING: A full Russian invasion of Ukraine would be on a scale “not seen in Europe since World War 2”, the new head of the armed forces has warned.
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