Putin withdrew troops from the border with Ukraine – Utro.Ru

Putin withdrew troops from the border with Ukraine – Utro.Ru

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu to start to return to their places of permanent dislocation troops , who participated in the summer exercises in the Rostov region, according to the official website of the Kremlin. In total, we are talking about 17,600 troops.

After the meeting with the permanent members of the Security Council, Putin held a separate working meeting with Shoigu, who reported on the completion of the summer training period at the sites of the Southern Military District.

Russia already conducted large-scale exercises near its borders in late February – early March and in April-May this year.

Previous military exercises on the border with Ukraine, Putin ordered to complete on May 19, ordering continued military training on nearby landfills.

Ukrainian authorities during the spring and summer accused Russia to build the number of troops on the border and preparing military intervention under the guise of a peacekeeping operation. In support of this version of the State Department published May 12 commercial satellite photos that supposedly showed the location of Russian armored vehicles near the border with Ukraine, reminiscent of “Interfax”.

In the Defense Ministry statement on enhancing the Russian group troops on the border with Ukraine was called “politically motivated.” “United States Military experts are well aware that nothing serious, no savings, which would not correspond to the normal, everyday activities of the Russian armed forces in the region is not. There political order, there is an attempt to catch her in Russia some obscure intentions” – claimed at the end of May, the Chief of the Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation of the Ministry of Defense Sergey Koshelev.

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