Pentagon

The United States will send troops to Bulgaria for joint exercises and better interoperability said Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin.

"Bulgaria will accept an American company of armored personnel carriers "Stryker" from Germany for exercises," he was quoted as saying by WorldAkkam.

Intel said it is buying Israeli company Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion in a deal that could give the California chipmaking giant an edge in the business of making custom-designed chips.

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said on Feb. 15 that acquiring Tower will help expand Intel's newly formed "foundry" business that makes microprocessors for other firms.

The convoy, consisting of armored personnel carriers and military equipment, was moving along a special border lane on the Hungarian-Romanian border.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had a third phone call in a week. The two leaders discussed Moscow's proposals to the West in the field of security.

France wants to Lead a New Multinational NATO Contingent in the Balkans

The leaders of Turkey and France attempted to mediate in the Ukraine crisis on Thursday as Washington announced it had evidence of a Russian plan to fake a Ukrainian attack to justify invading its neighbour.

As it was announced, the C-17 "Globemaster" planes with about 2.000 American soldiers took off from the Fort Bragg military base (North Carolina).
Most of the troops will be based in Poland, and the rest will be temporarily deployed in Germany.

A U.S. special forces raid in northwestern Syria early on Feb. 3 killed the top leader of the ISIL, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, President Joe Biden said.

However, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby points out that American soldiers will not take part in the fighting on Ukrainian soil, if that happens.

The United States on Wednesday deployed several thousand troops to bolster NATO forces in eastern Europe, as the leaders of France and Germany flagged trips to Moscow to address Western fears of an invasion of Ukraine.

The United States is threatening Russia with sanctions on at least two tracks, for Britain, all options are on the table, and a key concern in NATO is Europe's energy security.