US to send 3,000 additional troops to Poland, officials say

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will be sending 3,000 additional troops to Poland in the coming days to try and help reassure NATO allies, four U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, as Russia held military exercises in Belarus and the Black Sea following the buildup of its forces near Ukraine. Russia is massing more troops near Ukraine and an invasion could come at any time, perhaps before the end of this month's Winter Olympics, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday. Commercial satellite images published by a private U.S. company showed...