Moscow came up with new excuses and threats on Wednesday, this time also referring to Romania, which has been on the list of “countries unfriendly to Russia” since March, shortly after the invasion of Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the deployment of American troops in Romania will increase the danger for Russia, and Moscow will take this into account when ensuring its own security, writes the Russian state news agency TASS. Although American troops stationed in Romania perform a purely defensive role.

• “The closer American forces are to our borders, the greater the danger for us.
• Of course, the more we counter and will counter when we ensure our own security,” the Kremlin spokesman said, referring to the deployment of US forces.

In any case, this deployment of American troops near the Russian borders “does not lead to increased predictability and stability” in the region, Peskov also said.

TASS writes with reference to the American television company CBS, which reported in Romania that the 101st Airborne Division of the United States, stationed in Europe, is ready to enter the territory of Ukraine in the event of an escalation between Moscow and Kyiv or an attack on a NATO member state. Washington announced the redeployment – the first in nearly 80 years – as it bolstered NATO’s eastern flank last summer. That includes 4,700 military personnel, according to CBS.

The team of the American television channel CBS, located at the Mykhailo Kogelnicanu military base, filmed a report about the 101st Airborne Division, an elite unit of the US Army, sent to Romania to support NATO’s eastern flank.

The US Army’s 101st Airborne Division has been deployed to Europe for the first time in 78 years amid rising tensions between Russia and the NATO military alliance, CBS News reports.