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For purposes of U.S. foreign policy, Europe consists of the European Union and non-EU states in Europe. President Barack Obama plans to increase American troops in Europe to their highest levels since 2003, and station more special operations aircraft and Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System ships there to provide quick access to Africa and the Middle East.
A US intelligence assessment map and imagery on Russian military movement nearby the Ukrainian border, as on 3 December 2021. It assessed that Russia had deployed about 70,000 military personnel mostly about 100–200 kilometres (62–124 mi) from the Ukrainian border, with an assessment this could be increased to 175,000 personnel.
On February 18, 2009, Obama announced that the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan would be bolstered by 17,000 new troops by the summer. [124] On December 1, 2009, Obama stated that 30,000 troops would be added to Afghanistan. [125] [126] [127] The number of American soldiers in Afghanistan would peak at 100,000 in 2010. [128]
BY JULIE PACE TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - President Barack Obama will stand shoulder to shoulder with Baltic leaders Wednesday in a show of solidarity with NATO allies who fear they could be the next ...
Russia is the world's largest nuclear power. Together, Russia and the U.S. control 88% of the world's nuclear warheads. U.S. officials say they have seen no change to Russia's nuclear deployment ...
Russia has a force of 20,000-25,000 troops trying to storm the eastern Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar and surrounding villages, Ukraine's military said on Monday, describing the situation in the ...
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which had started in 2014.The invasion, the largest and deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II, [16] [17] [18] has caused hundreds of thousands of military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on December 2, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden holds a video call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, on December 7, 2021. In late 2021 and early 2022, Russian troops build up along the Russo-Ukrainian border, resulted in renewed tensions between Russia ...