But US commanders and their counterparts in Poland have been preparing parts of several Polish military facilities and erecting tents for possible evacuees. But a nationwide attack on Ukraine could result in 1 million to 5 million refugees, with many of them pouring into Poland, Pentagon officials have estimated. Pentagon officials have warned that the Biden administration could send even more troops to NATO allies in Eastern Europe. Kirby said that although some of the Army troops may operate in eastern Poland, near the Ukrainian border, one thing is clear: “There’s no intention, there’s no plan and there’s no approval to put these troops into Ukraine. In addition to the deployments to Poland and Romania, the Pentagon has put 8,500 other troops in the United States on “high alert” for possible dispatch to Eastern Europe.

Source: bd News24 February 22, 2022 17:44 UTC