Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has said a decision to halt the planned deployment of 4,000 US troops is purely logistical and does not affect Poland’s deterrence capabilities. “I received assurances... that these decisions are of a logistical nature and will not directly affect deterrence capabilities and our security,” Tusk said, adding that “everything is under control.” JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Poland, which looks to Washington as its prime security guarantor amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, hosts around 10,000 US soldiers—the second-largest American troop presence in Europe after Germany – most of them deployed on a rotational basis. Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said that “nothing is changing” regarding the presence of American troops in Poland and suggested that the new move by Washington was related to an earlier announcement to reduce the US military presence in Germany by 5,000 personnel. “Now the implementation of that decision is underway,” Kosiniak-Kamysz posted on X on Friday. “It does not concern Poland, but it may indirectly influence decisions regarding rotations.” A US lawmaker said no decision regarding the deployment to Poland had yet been notified to Congress, Reuters reported, adding that no formal announcement had been made. News broke on Thursday that US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had canceled a planned routine rotational deployment to Poland.