US to deploy a further 500 personnel in Europe, taking total to about 100,000

The United States is to deploy a further 500 personnel into Europe, taking the total personnel it has stationed on the continent to about 100,000, reported Bloomberg. Separately, a US Defense Official told Reuters that Russia has now fired more than 600 missiles at Ukraine and assesses that Russia has now committed 100% of its pre-staged combat power into the country.