Officials of the Trump administration have conveyed to allies that the military personnel reductions in Romania are just an initial stage, with further reductions expected to take place in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Slovakia, starting from mid-December, announces Kyiv Post, the publication that reported the troop withdrawals from Romania. Stars and Stripes reports that approximately 3,000 soldiers will be withdrawn from Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Slovakia.
The Trump administration is once again testing transatlantic patience, discreetly sending a warning to several European capitals about its imminent plan to modestly reduce American forces in Eastern Europe next month – a move that already provokes critical reactions in the US Congress and raises new questions about Washington’s long-term commitment to NATO’s eastern flank, comments Kyiv Post.
As outrage grows over the planned withdrawal of a rotational American brigade from Romania, several sources have told Kyiv Post that this adjustment is just the first step.
Officials of the administration have conveyed to allies that the reductions in Romania are just phase one, with further reductions in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Slovakia expected to take place from mid-December – a timeline that raises questions among NATO diplomats, concerned to assess what this means for the deterrence capacity on the alliance’s most exposed frontier, notes the cited source.
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