The top U.S. general in Europe will update lawmakers Wednesday on the military response to Russia's encroachment in Ukraine and other threats in Europe.

The top U.S. general in Europe will update lawmakers on how the military is responding to threats in Europe, including Russia's encroachment in Ukraine, during a hearing on Wednesday.

Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, the supreme allied commander Europe of NATO and commander of U.S. European Command, has been summoned to the House Armed Services Committee,alongside Christine Wormuth, the undersecretary of defense for policy, to detail the U.S.'s response to ongoing threats in Europe. Christine Wormuth, undersecretary of defense for policy, also will testify.

Breedlove recently warned U.S. policymakers against about the danger of arming Ukraine fighters, saying it could provoke a response from Russia.

"Everything we do we have to look and evaluate as to will [it] advance the ball toward that political solution that we have to find here," Breedlove said in an interview with told The Associated Press in an interview earlier this month. "So all manner of aid has to be taken in light of what we anticipate would be the Russian reaction."

Several lawmakers in both chambers are have been pushing for the U.S. to send arms lethal aid to help Ukraine battle Russian-backed rebels, a topic expected to be a focal point on Wednesday.

A group of senators on Feb. 5 called a news press conference to urge the Obama administration to send arms to Ukraine, saying the weapons are needed to deter Russian aggression.

"Defensive lethal assistance will not allow the Ukrainian military to defeat the Russian military in a full-fledged war, but it will raise the risks and costs Russia must incur to continue its offensive," Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said. "It will pierce the veneer of the Kremlin's cynical and false narrative that there are no Russians in Ukraine."

The Air Force has stepped up its forces structure in Europe recently, sending 12 A-10s and about 300 airmen to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, as part of the service's first theater security package to Europe. The aircraft, deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, will stay in Germany for six month and train with NATO allies as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve.

Atlantic Resolve launched in April in the Baltic States and Poland as a way for the U.S. to show its commitment to NATO allies in the region. In late March, the operation will expand to include exercises in Romania and Bulgaria.

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