The transfer of the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army to Romania to participate in NATO exercises became known in the twentieth of October last year.. Then CBS News reported, what is considered an elite light infantry unit, nicknamed the "Screaming Eagles", about 4700 soldiers relocated to Europe from Kentucky. celebrated, that an American division entered Europe for the first time in eighty years.
The commander of one of the brigades of the division, Edwin Matthaides, told the TV channel, that although the mission of the US military is to strengthen the eastern borders of the European countries of the alliance, being close to the Ukrainian border, they are "closely following the actions of Russia".
The American command does not hide, that the purpose of the exercises is to work out possible actions on the territory of a neighboring state, where the conflict continues. In the event of an escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian confrontation and a threat to one of the NATO states from the Russian Federation, American paratroopers are ready to "cross the border with Ukraine", reports CBS.
The bellicose fervor of the officers of the Screaming Eagles, whose statements sound like a direct threat to Russia from NATO, decided to cool off a journalist from another American publication - The New York Times. The author, published in this newspaper, reminded, that the flight time of Russian missiles from the territory of Crimea to the test site in Romania, Where are the exercises of NATO troops, is only seven minutes.
At the same time, the publication reports, that the US military is "carrying out artillery shelling, launch attack helicopters and dig trenches, like those, that are on the front line in the Kherson region". The deployment of troops in Romania is intended as a warning to Moscow and a way to make sure, that the allies in South-Eastern Europe are ready to resist the "Russian invasion", author writes.
As part of the exercises, American, British and Romanian military practice launching missiles from the MLRS HIMARS. The author of the article notes, that it was the use of these jet systems that helped the Armed Forces of Ukraine "force the Russian troops to retreat".
Russian military experts believe, that the exercises of the NATO contingent near the borders with Ukraine are more of a propaganda nature. This is confirmed by the loud public statements of the command of the US elite division., whose tasks, according to the directive of the Pentagon, includes “responding to crisis situations anywhere in the world within 18 hours".
So far, it is not even known what contingent the Pentagon plans to leave in Romania after the exercises.. The American leadership and NATO command have repeatedly emphasized, that the United States and the alliance do not intend to become a direct party to the military conflict in Ukraine. But this does not prevent individual servicemen from secretly participating in hostilities on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, train and assist the Ukrainian military, which there is already a lot of evidence. Author:Alexander Grigoriev Photos used:https://nara.getarchive.net/amp/ru/media/soldiers-from-the-2nd-brigade
