Biden orders US troops, jets & helicopters to Eastern Europe in response to Putin’s Ukraine invasion

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Biden orders US troops, jets & helicopters to Eastern Europe in response to Putin’s Ukraine invasion

JOE Biden has ordered US troops, jets and helicopters to Eastern Europe in response to Vladimir Putin's invasion of rebel-held Ukraine.

The US president said he would continue to provide "defensive assistance" to Ukraine as he announced the authorisation of additional forces in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Mr Biden was speaking as a huge column of around 100 military vehicles was seen heading towards the border with Ukraine, raising fears Russia won't stop at in the rebel areas.

Announcing financial constraints against Russia on Tuesday, the president said he would "escalate sanctions if Russia escalates".

And he warned the measures were only the "first tranche" in his bid to stop Putin waging all-out war.

Speaking from the White House, Mr Biden said: "In response to Russia's admission that it will not withdraw its forces from Belarus, I have authorised additional movements of US forces and equipment already stationed in Europe to strengthen our Baltic allies - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

"Let me be clear, these are totally defensive moves on our part. We have no intention of fighting Russia.

"We want to send an unmistakable message though, that the United States together with our allies will defend every inch of Nato territory and abide by the commitments we made into Nato."