© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian serviceman stands at a Polish self-propelled howitzer Krab, amid Russia’s assault on Ukraine in Kharkiv area,Ukraine September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
A MILITARY BASE IN POLAND (Reuters) – The highest U.S. basic cautioned on Sunday it was nonetheless unclear how Russia would possibly react to the most recent battlefield setbacks in Ukraine and referred to as for vigilance amongst U.S. troops as he visited a base in Poland aiding Ukraine’s battle effort.
“The battle shouldn’t be going too nicely for Russia proper now. So it is incumbent upon all of us to keep up excessive states of readiness, alert,” U.S. Military Normal Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Employees, instructed reporters in Warsaw following a go to to a base internet hosting U.S. troops. Reuters was requested to not publish the identify of the bottom or describe its location.
Milley stated he was not suggesting U.S. troops in Europe had been at any elevated menace, however stated they needed to be prepared. “Within the conduct of battle, you simply do not know with a excessive diploma of certainty what’s going to occur subsequent.”