A new general is poised to take command of U.S. and NATO forces in Europe after getting final approval from Congress as the United States works to buttress Ukraine in its war against Russian invaders.
On Thursday night by unanimous consent, the Senate confirmed Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli to become the new head of U.S. European Command, or EUCOM. Cavoli will also be dual-hatted as NATO's supreme allied commander.
Cavoli will take those roles over from Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters in a change-of-command ceremony July 1, EUCOM said in a news release Friday.
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Cavoli, who has served as commanding general of U.S. Army Europe and Africa since October 2020, will take charge of U.S. forces in Europe at a precarious time for the continent.
After faltering in its initial goal to quickly seize Kyiv, Russia has been making plodding but notable progress in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region using a near-constant barrage of artillery fire.
The United States has been trying to rush weapons to Ukraine to stave off Russia's advance. The most recent package of $450 million in weapons, including four more High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, was announced Thursday, bringing the total value of weapons sent to Ukraine since the war began in February to $6.1 billion.
U.S. troops, who were training Ukrainian forces inside of Ukraine until shortly before the war began, have also been…
