US Quietly Deploys Thousands of Paratroopers to Ukraine Border at Night

US Quietly Deploys Thousands of Paratroopers to Ukraine Border at Night Thousands of US troops are on standby to deploy to Eastern Europe as fears of a Russian ground invasion of neighboring Ukraine loom over the European continent. The deployment of troops to Eastern Europe is a form of support for NATO allies who feel threatened by Russian military movements near the Ukrainian border. This deployment is a large-scale US Army-led exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between the US, NATO allies and partner militaries.