General Christopher Cavoli appointed head of US forces in Europe. The appointment was announced to the press on Tuesday by the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, according to the website of the US Department of Defense..

General Cavoli to take command of around 100,000 US troops from all services stationed in Europe amid Russian armed aggression.

In this position, he should be responsible, among other things, for efforts to assess the actions of the Russian military in Europe and oversee the supply of US and allied weapons to Ukraine..

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“Weapon deliveries are constantly coming along the eastern flank of NATO, where they are taken by the Ukrainian side and brought into the country by rail or truck,” the report says..

NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu confirmed on Twitter later on Tuesday that the alliance's North Atlantic Council approved Cavoli's candidacy for the post of Supreme Commander of NATO's Joint Forces in Europe.. In this role, he will oversee the NATO Air Force regularly flying over Europe to track Russian aircraft, especially when they fly without identification..

He will replace Air Force General Todd Walters, who plans to retire..

Details of their biography of General Cavoli.

Participated in the war in Afghanistan, speaks French, Italian and Russian, is a graduate of Yale University.

Cavoli - Master of Arts from Russian and Eastern European studios.

In 1999, he was the head of future operations of the 10th mountain division stationed in Bosnia.. Since 2001. - in the Office of Strategic Plans and Policy of the Joint Staff, in 2004. became a senior fellow at the National Defense University.

Earlier we reported that the North Atlantic Alliance decided to expand the presence of troops in the Balkans after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. NATO creates new battlegroup in Romania.