The US withdraws its troops from the logistics hub in Poland
The United States is due to withdraw its troops and equipment from the Base Rzeszów-Jasionka, a southeast Poland aerodrome used as a logistics center for the transport of military aid for Ukraine, managing this platform to be taken over by Poland and other NATO allies, the US military command and the Polish Minister of Defense announced on Tuesday. Efe.
American troops from Rzeszów-Jasionka will not withdraw from Poland, they are to be relocated to other bases in this country, and the decision is motivated by economic considerations.
According to a statement from the US Command for Europe and Africa, Usareur-AF, ‘this planned relocation is part of a wider strategy to optimize American military operations, to improve support for allies and partners, as well as to increase efficiency’.
For his part, Commander Usareur-AF, General Christopher Donahue, said that this decision will lead to ‘tens of millions of dollars a year for US taxpayers’.
During this time, the Polish Defense Minister, Wladislaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, wanted to ensure that US-withd-Jasionka’s US troops will remain in Poland, but will be redesigned to other bases. « The decision, of course, was agreed with us and indicated the bases where we can accept these American soldiers, » the minister said.
The Jasionka air base, located near the city of Rzeszów, about 50 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, has become from the beginning of the war in this country the main logistics center through which the military aid provided to the Ukrainian army is channeled. About 95% of this help is transported by this base.
The United States has said that this flow will continue through the Hub on the Rzeszów-Jasionka aerodrome, but from now on Poland and other NATO countries will assume the task of ensuring the security of the base, where Patriot’s powerful anti-aircraft batteries have been carried out.
