Washington, 2 February 2022 (dpa/MIA) — Around 2,000 US soldiers will be sent to Germany and Poland, while 1,000 US troops currently stationed in Germany are being deployed to Romania, the Defense Department said on Wednesday. The United States and its NATO allies have been moving more ships aircraft and troops into the Baltics and Eastern Europe as a show of solidarity against Russian aggression toward Ukraine. "We remain focused on the evolving situation in Europe and Russia's actions on the Ukrainian border and Belarus," Defense Department spokesperson John Kirby said. "The current situation demands that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on NATO's eastern flank," he said. NATO sees Russia's build-up of 100,000 troops plus heavy equipment along the Ukraine border as a possible prelude to an invasion and are demanding Moscow pull back. Moscow has repeatedly denied it has plans to invade its neighbor. President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday blamed Washington for the crisis and accused the US of trying to pull Russia into an armed conflict.