The United States began transfer of military equipment from Germany to Poland. Columns of American art began to move from the Czech-German border through the territory of the Czech Republic to landfills, located in the Baltic States and Poland for NATO exercise Saber Strike 2018, spokeswoman for the Czech Army General Staff Vlastimil Tsiprisova.
According to the press service of the Messaging, in the first part of the transit entered 300 US troops and 170 pieces of equipment, who on Tuesday moved on Czech territory, and after spending the night on Wednesday continued to move in the direction of Poland.
Moving once a large number of US military equipment on public roads led to the restriction of movement on the highway in West Bohemia, a failure and many hours of repair of one of the armored vehicles of the US Army on Tuesday on the road led to the creation of the huge traffic jams, which, According to the representative of the General Staff, I resolved only on Wednesday.
The General Staff of the Czech Republic reported, that on Thursday and Friday through Czech territory will be held over 10 American mechanized columns, which will move about 400 armored vehicles and 1 thousand. soldiers of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment US Army Armed Forces in Europe.
NATO exercises Saber Strike 2018 will be held from 3 by 15 June in Poland and the Baltic republics. The maneuvers will take part 18 thousands of troops and 5 thousands of pieces of equipment 19 nations. Preparing for the exercises began in advance, and, Judging by her, the purpose of the maneuvers will be working out the capture of the Russian Kaliningrad offensive grouping of NATO.
