Agence France-Presse
February 26, 2022

France To Send 500 Troops To Romania As Russia Pushes Towards Kyiv

Paris: France is to deploy 500 military personnel as part of NATO forces to Romania after Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine, the army chief of staff said Friday.

“NATO has decided to reinforce its presence to send a very clear sign of strategic solidarity, to position forces in Romania,” Thierry Burkhard told Radio France Internationale and broadcaster France24.

“We will send around 500 men with armoured vehicles.”

He said France would also maintain a military presence in Estonia, which borders Russia, beyond March.

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CNN
February 25, 2022

Germany expands its support of NATO air policing in Romania

Germany’s Defense Ministry on Friday said it has expanded its support of NATO’s air-policing mission in Romania.

”We have already stepped up Air Policing in Romania to secure the airspace on NATO’s southeastern flank – to up to six Eurofighters by the end of March,” the defense ministry tweeted, adding ”in mixed operations with Italy they will perform armed protection flights as ‘Quick Reaction Alert.’”

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Earlier this month, Germany sent three combat aircraft to participate in the NATO mission to protect Romanian airspace. Germany also recently deployed 350 additional troops to Lithuania as part of its NATO engagement – in addition to its 550 troops that are part of the German-led NATO combat unit.

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Reuters
February 24, 2022

American F-35 jets land in Romania-defence ministry

Two American F-35 fighter jets landed at a Romanian air base on Thursday, Bucharest’s defence ministry said.

The jets, belonging to U.S. Air Forces in Europe will train and run missions with the Romanian military in the coming period.