The new facility, considered the eighth US permanent military base in the European continent, will be located near Poznan, on the banks of the Varta River in western Poland.

Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak will reportedly take part in the inauguration ceremony.

The headquarters of the 5th Corps of the United States has already been established in Poland, and about 10,000 US soldiers are in the country, twice as many as before 2022, analysts recall.

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