2,000 U.S. Troops in Poland Will Help Americans Who May Try to Evacuate Ukraine

The White House has approved a plan for 2,000 U.S. Troops in Poland to help Americans who may try to evacuate Ukraine if Russia invades. The forces are not currently authorized to enter Ukraine itself if a war begins and there are no plans for them to conduct a noncombatant evacuation operation akin to the U.S. operation in Afghanistan last Summer. The plan as it stands now, is that troops who are from the 82nd Airborne Division will begin setting up processing areas and temporary shelters inside Poland near Ukraine’s border where Americans fleeing Ukraine could go for help while in transit.