More US military assets will arrive in eastern European countries today, senior US defense official says
From CNN's Ellie Kaufman and Barbara Starr
More US military assets will arrive in Eastern European countries later today, a senior defense official told reporters on Thursday.
Six F-35s will arrive in Estonia, Lithuania and Romania today — two to each country — the official said.
The group of attack helicopters “are on their way,” the official said, but noted there’s been “some weather issues” to get them to their locations. “We still expect those Apaches to get on site later today,” the official said.
On Tuesday, President Biden announced more US military assets would be deployed to NATO allies in Eastern Europe.
That announcement included the movement of up to eight F-35 strike fighters from Germany to other Eastern European nations along NATO’s eastern flank, 20 AH-64 helicopters from Germany to the Baltic region and 12 AH-64 helicopters moved from Greece to Poland, a senior defense official said Tuesday.
“US troops remain outside of Ukraine,” the official added.