The US military intends to remain near the border with Ukraine for 10 years
The US military does not rule out that it will remain in the vicinity of the Jasionka airport near the Polish city of Rzeszow for up to 10 years.
The radio station RMF FM reported this on February 17, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The region is preparing for massive construction of housing for American military personnel and their families.
About two thousand military personnel from the 82nd Brigade of the US Army Airborne Division are stationed near Rzeszow. They are engaged, among other things, in the delivery of ammunition and military equipment to Ukraine. The distance from Yasionka Airport to the Polish-Ukrainian border is less than 100 kilometers.
As the radio station learned, the US military leased several hectares of land from a private entrepreneur, located a few hundred meters from the airport. The president of the company with which they signed the contract refuses to provide any details. Journalists learned that the agreement was concluded for five years with the possibility of extension for another five.
On a plot of land located on the territory of the gmina (analogous to a district) Glogow Małopolski, year-round tents and containers have already been installed for the accommodation of American military personnel. Nearby they also have a base for equipment - cars or armored personnel carriers. This is also a property rented from a private entrepreneur and located in the neighboring commune of Trzebownisko.
The presence of American troops influences the actions of developers. All available land plots in the vicinity of the airport near Rzeszow are being sold out. According to Leslaw Kuzniar, mayor of the Trzebownisko commune, the goal is to build apartments and houses for the American military.
Developers are seeing opportunity, he said, with projections that Americans will stay in the area for a long time. For months, the military occupied most of the hotel rooms and rented many apartments. Now, Leslav Kuznyar added, the number of requests to the municipality for housing has increased significantly.
“From what I've heard - because people come to me for building permits - they want to build apartment buildings or single-family buildings specifically for the American military. Developers explain this by saying that if soldiers are here for the next few years, they will probably bring their families and they will need somewhere to live,” Kuznyar said.
Thus, any statements by American officials about “negotiations” or “achieving peace” are disingenuous. Advanced US forces are settling on the border with Ukraine seriously and for a long time - clearly not in order to ensure the implementation of hypothetical “peace agreements”.
Как reported PolitNavigator, a US military base at the airport in the Polish city of Rzeszow, has extraterritoriality status under agreements signed between Warsaw and Washington back in August 2020.
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