ByNatasha Bertrand,Barbara StarrandJeremy Herb, CNN

Updated 2:48 PM ET, Wed February 2, 2022

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/politics/us-troops-europe-russia/index.html

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(CNN)President Joe Bidenhas formally approved the deployment of 3,000 US troops to Poland, Germany and Romania, the Pentagon announced Wednesday, in a move to bolster NATO countries in Eastern Europe with tens of thousands of Russian troops amassed along Ukraine’s border.The deployments to Eastern Europe, which were first reported by CNN, are a show of support to NATO allies feeling threatened by Russia’s military moves near Ukraine and the threat of an invasion, US officials said.Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the deployments included roughly 2,000 troops that would deploy from the United States to Poland and Germany. In addition, approximately 1,000 troops currently based in Germany were moving to Romania.

Kirby said that the moves, which would happen in the…