Order of the East: why Russia withdraw troops from Ukraine – RBC

Order of the East: why Russia withdraw troops from Ukraine – RBC

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Russian completed the planned military exercises on ranges and inter-specific training centers in the Rostov region, said in a statement Sunday the Ministry of Defense. “Division carried out marches in a combined way, under its own power and rail transport, in places of permanent deployment,” – says the Defense Ministry.

The corresponding order late Saturday, Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. “In total, we are talking about 17.6 thousand soldiers who were teaching in the summer at the sites in the Rostov region,” – said the press service of the Kremlin.

“This is a signal to Kiev and the West – Russia does not want to War “- spoke the chairman of the Duma Committee on International Affairs Alexei Pushkov in his Twitter.

In the spring and summer of 2014 the Russian army on the aggravation of the political situation in Ukraine has conducted several large-scale exercises. In late April, close to the borders with Ukraine exercises conducted battalion tactical group combined arms southern and western military districts. In late June, Putin announced a surprise inspection of troops of the Central Military District. Then the exercises were attracted more than 65 thousand. Servicemen. Troops practiced bouncing onto unfamiliar polygons in order to conduct a peacekeeping operation. In late August, became aware of the death of some sent for training in the Rostov region of the Russian military, as well as cases of capture on the territory of Ukraine of Russian paratroopers.

At the beginning of September, after a preliminary agreement on a cease-fire in the Donbass unreleased for a long time to communicate with relatives military began to call home from the Rostov region.

Commander of Allied Forces Philip Breedlove bluntly called the maximum amount involved in the theater of operations of the forces of the Russian army to 10 battalion tactical groups (each with about 500 people ), four of which, according to him, remained in eastern Ukraine after the armistice. Russian Defense Ministry called this information “speculation».

Reserve Colonel Victor Murakhovski notes that in October completed the planned summer training in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. According to him, by this time, all participating in the exercises units should go back to the places of permanent deployment. “Not a single item or combined arms airborne brigades in the border with Ukraine not” – said the expert.

Murakhovski did not deny that the armed forces of self-proclaimed republics would suffer defeat without the help of Russia in late August. According to the expert, the militias have not reached the level of combat training of the regular army: they showed that in defensive operations, they are quite effective, but for offensive action maloprisposobleny.

From October on the websites of supporters of New Russia was discussed reduction of military assistance from Russia. “Voyentorg still closed, but there is an ironclad guarantee (yesterday finally verify this) that in the case of offensive fascist junta, he will earn the junta and most likely will not avoid meeting with” workers PX “- commented on the situation on Saturday by the famous among supporters Novorossia blog Colonel Cassad. Awareness of the author’s state of affairs in the host RBC confirmed close to the ex-Minister of Defense Igor Strelkov DNR blogger Anatoly Nesmiyan.

Ukrainian military expert Alexei Arestovich emphasizes that the statements of the Russian side to withdraw troops – “just a statement” and calls them “a gesture made in the run-up to the summit of” Big Twenty “with Vladimir Putin.” According to him, even if the troops will be withdrawn from the border with Ukraine, the question remains, how far will this challenge: “The distance of 200 km, for example, they will overcome in three days».

According Arestovich, there de-escalation of the conflict, the Ukrainian side has already perceives borders DNR and LC as the state “being the demarcation of the border, created debaltsevsky border guard, Starobeshevskiy.” However, he is sure, Ukrainian society will never accept nor loss of the Crimea, or the loss of Donbass. “The calm, even for a year does not mean the end of the conflict in the Yugoslav wars of the truce lasted and a half years, and then the fighting resumed,” – the expert reminded RBC.

What practiced during military exercises in the Rostov region

• During the summer exercises units and formations of the Southern Military District worked set of measures to combat coordination units, as well as practical training commanders to manage staff and attached units in carrying out combat training tasks.

 

• During the field outputs have been worked out standards for the march in a combined way, the deployment of field camps, made transcripts of tactical exercises, fire, engineering, medical training and other subjects of learning.

 

• After returning in the places of permanent deployment troops begin planned maintenance of equipment and weapons, as well as its translation into the autumn and winter operation. Preparations will be undertaken training and material and technical base for the winter period of training, which will begin in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on 1 December.