Biden Sends Thousands Of Troops Into Europe

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden is sending about 2,000 troops to Poland and Germany this week, and roughly 1,000 more who are already based in Germany will go to Romania, a senior administration official has said.

Mr Biden has said he will not put American troops in Ukraine to fight any Russian incursion, although the US is supplying Ukraine with weapons to defend itself.

The military moves come amid stalled talks with Russia over its military build-up at Ukraine's borders.

They underscore growing fears across Europe that Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to invade Ukraine - and smaller Nato countries on the eastern flank worry they could be next.

Russia has said it has no intention of initiating conflict and is willing to continue diplomatic efforts.

Mr Biden had said recently that he intended to provide additional US forces to Nato allies in Eastern Europe as reassurance of an American commitment as treaty allies.