The head of the Polish National Security Bureau, Pawel Soloch, announced today, Wednesday, that the United States will soon deploy about 2,500 additional soldiers to his country.

Soloch said in an interview with Radio Poland that his country is optimistic about the US soldiers and that negotiations had taken place in this regard after which the Americans announced they will transfer more than 8,500 soldiers to all of Eastern Europe.

Soloch added that around 2,500 US soldiers will be deployed to Poland.

The US military put 8,500 troops on high alert for a possible deployment to Europe, according to Pentagon.

The US decision is a bid to increase tensions with Russia amid the crisis with Ukraine, as talks between Washington and Moscow failed to result in de-escalation. The US hopes NATO allies would feel reassured by this move.

Although this decision does not reinforce US support to Ukraine, which is not a NATO member, it aims to shore up NATO's eastern flank. 

The United States is increasingly militarizing Eastern Europe, under the pretext that Russia is preparing for military operations in Ukraine.

Russia denies any such plans and demands comprehensive security guarantees, including a NATO pledge never to allow Ukraine to join it.