Sources: Fort Bragg troops deploying to Europe in next 72 hours amid Russia-Ukraine tensions
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Posted January 24, 2022 10:12 a.m. EST
Updated January 24, 2022 6:51 p.m. EST
By Barbara Starr and Jeremy Herb, CNN & Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter
CNN — Up to 8,500 US troops have been put on heightened alert for a possible deployment to Eastern Europe as Russian troops mass on Ukraine's border, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday.
But, sources have told WRAL News' Fayetteville reporter, Gilbert Baez, that Fort Bragg troops will be going to Europe. The public affairs officers for Fort Bragg's 18th Airborne Corps and the 82nd Airborne Division said the White House will have to confirm any deployments.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued the prepare to deploy orders at the direction of President Joe Biden. Kirby said no final decision to deploy the troops had been made.
Earlier on Monday CNN reported the Biden administration was in in the final stages of identifying specific military units it wants to send to Eastern Europe, according to multiple US and defense officials.
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