Ambassador to Ireland warns of 'dangerous game' as fears grow Russia will invade Ukraine

A sniper attends a military exercise in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia. Fears are mounting of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine. Picture: Russian Defence Ministry Press Service via AP

With fears mounting of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, the US is sending nearly 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania to reinforce Nato allies as tensions increase.

A Stryker squadron of around 1,000 US service members based in Vilseck, Germany, will be sent to Romania, the Pentagon said, while around 1,700 service members, mainly from the 82nd Airborne Division, would deploy from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Poland. Three hundred other service members will move from Fort Bragg to Germany.