The First US Military Convoy has arrived at the Base near Constanta, Romania

The first US military convoy arrived this morning at around 7.30 a.m. at the Mihail Kogalniceanu military base near the Romanian Black Sea city of Constanta, Digi 24 reports. It consists of about 18 trailers with military equipment.

The second column will depart today from the Romanian-Hungarian border at Nădlac on the same route and is expected to arrive at the base near Constanta tonight. A third convoy arrived in Nădlac during the night. All of them will go to the Mihail Kogalniceanu military base, informs Digi24.

The three convoys, comprising a total of 48 trailers, carry military equipment, including Stryker armored personnel carriers. The US military from the Second Mechanized Regiment of the US Army, which will arrive by plane from Germany, is also expected at the base in Constanta this morning.

At 11:00 a.m. Romanian (and Bulgarian) time, President Klaus Iohannis will visit base 57 Mihail Kogalniceanu together with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Chief of General Staff General Daniel Petrescu, AFP reported.

Johannes and Stoltenberg will have a face-to-face conversation, followed by formal talks and a meeting with the military stationed at the base. A joint press conference between the Romanian President and the Secretary-General of NATO is scheduled for 12:15 p.m.

US President Joe Biden has announced he will send 1,000 troops to Romania and Poland to strengthen NATO's eastern flank. The United States expects Russia to invade Ukraine.

About 1,000 US troops will join US forces in Romania. The military unit, which is an infantry battalion and will be called Task Force (TF) Cougar, will be under the operational command of the US Fifth Corps, according to a press release sent to Agence France-Presse.