US sending 2,000 more troops to Europe to bolster NATO’s eastern flank

A Ukrainian border guard patrols the border with Russia not far from Hoptivka village, Kharkiv region, Ukraine. (Photo: AP)

WASHINGTON: The U.S. said Wednesday it is dispatching 2,000 more troops to Europe, most of them to Poland, and moving 1,000 troops from Germany to Romania to bolster NATO’s eastern flank countries in the face of Russia’s continued military buildup along its border with Ukraine.