France has announced plans to send hundreds of troops to Romania a day after the United States said it would soon move a small number of U.S. troops to Eastern European and NATO countries as fears continue to mount that a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine’s borders could be a prelude to an invasion.
French Defense Minister Florence Parly said on January 29 that Paris plans to send “several hundred men” to Romania as part of a “defensive alliance.” She also said she had visited Romania on January 27 to discuss the issue.
Speaking with France Inter radio, Parly described Romania as a “high tension zone” that had to be “reassured.” Romania shares a border with Ukraine as well as Moldova, where Russia has troops in the breakaway region of Transdniester.
U.S. President Joe Biden said on January 28 that he would move U.S. troops to Eastern Europe and the NATO countries “in the near term.” He did not specify where the troops would be sent from or which country they would be sent to. The United States already has tens of thousands of troops stationed across Western Europe.
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