{"id":75617,"date":"2023-12-26T13:21:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T13:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/12\/26\/thousands-of-troops-remain-deployed-in-response-to-ukraine-war\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:56:07","slug":"thousands-of-troops-remain-deployed-in-response-to-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/12\/26\/thousands-of-troops-remain-deployed-in-response-to-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of troops remain deployed in response to Ukraine war"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In early 2022, the Defense Department activated roughly 20,000 troops in Europe<\/a> to support NATO as Russia invaded Ukraine. Going into 2024, troops are still on rotating deployments for that mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deployed personnel include those from brigade combat teams in Romania and Poland. There are also plans to increase the Navy\u2019s presence in Rota, Spain, a Pentagon spokesman told Military Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGiven the current security environment, there are no immediate plans to reduce these forces,\u201d Army Maj. Charlie Dietz said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without a separate named operation, the increased rotations have been absorbed into the larger Operation Atlantic Resolve, which has been sending rotations into Europe since Russia invaded the Crimea region of Ukraine in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\t