What's the point of a permanent US military base in Poland? — SkimNews
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- United States deployed almost 5,000 troops to Poland in 2022, doubling the number already stationed there after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
- Poland received most of the reinforcements in its southeastern area, close to the Ukrainian border, where the troops’ assigned task was to deter further Russian aggression.
Why it matters: Russia’s 2022 invasion prompted a near doubling of the US military footprint in Poland, with almost 5,000 troops deployed. For Poland and the United States, the concrete change was a much larger force concentrated in the southeast near Ukraine and tasked specifically with deterring further Russian aggression.
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