Warsaw hails planned U.S. military base in Poland as clear signal to Russia

A U.S. Marine walks between U.S. and Polish flag before conference in front of U.S. Navy's warship USS Gravely which docked in the Baltic sea port city of Gdynia in what was described by officials as a show of support for the country as war rages in neighboring Ukraine, Poland June 7, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Files

Poland on Wednesday hailed U.S. President Joe Biden's commitment to establish the 5th Army's Headquarters in Poland as the realisation of a long-held dream that would send a clear signal to Russia.

Biden told a NATO summit in Madrid earlier on Wednesday that the United States was changing its force posture in Europe to deal with potential new threats from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.