Today's D Brief: WH mulls troops to E. Europe; New NATO drills begin; German navy chief resigns; Huge USN presence in Pacific; And a bit more.
By Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
January 24, 2022 10:44 AM ET
The D Brief
The U.S. may send thousands of troops from western to eastern Europe as the threat of a new Russian invasion into Ukraine continues to loom over the continent. The numbers pitched at a recent Camp David planning session went as high as 5,000, according to the New York Times, which reported the developments on Sunday.
Worth noting: Such a “deployment of thousands of additional American troops to NATO’s eastern flank, which includes Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania,” the Times writes, “is exactly the scenario that [Russian President Vladimir] Putin has wanted to avoid.”
Big picture: “We're probably going to see the strongest Russian military presence in Europe since the early 1990s,” said Russia-watcher Rob Lee on Sunday, with apparent supporting open-source video of Russian military movement.
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/01/the-d-brief-january-24-2022/361078/
