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U.S. troops heading from Germany to Slovakia for planned NATO drills

Members of the U.S. Army look on as a U.S. Army convoy arrives at the Czech-German border en route to Slovakia to take part in NATO countries' Saber Strike military drills, in Rozvadov, Czech Republic February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Jiri Skacel

The first part of a planned contingent of 2,000 U.S. troops and hundreds of vehicles entered the Czech Republic from Germany on Tuesday en route eastwards to Slovakia for NATO's Saber Strike military drills, a Reuters witness said.

Slovakia borders Ukraine to the east but the bi-annual drills, spanning seven countries including the Baltics, Poland, Czech Republic and Germany, have long been planned and are not related to Ukraine's current stand-off with Russian armed forces massed near its borders, the Slovak Defence Ministry said.

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