Russian Defense Ministry: we withdraw troops from the border of Ukraine – BBC Russian

Russian Defense Ministry: we withdraw troops from the border of Ukraine – BBC Russian

• October 12, 2014

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Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the start to execute the order for the return of President Putin’s troops involved in the exercise in the Rostov region in border with Ukraine, to the places of permanent deployment.

In total, we are talking about 17600 Russian soldiers .

According to the press service of the management information and the Defense Ministry of Russia, units and formations of the Southern Military District began to leave the polygons and training centers in the Rostov region and return to their places of permanent deployment.

“In the summer of training units and formations worked full range of activities to combat coordination units, as well as practical training commanders to manage staff and attached units in the performance of combat training missions “- leads the RIA Novosti Russian Defense Minister post.

Putin ordered Shoigu

Vladimir Putin meets with Sergei Shoigu after a Security Council meeting in Sochi, Russia

As can be seen from the published reports on Saturday evening on the Kremlin website, the decision to turn to the teachings of the border was made by Putin after a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who reported on the “the end of the summer training period at the sites of the Southern Military District”.

President Putin has already given such orders in March and May of this year, but both times, NATO declared the preservation of an increased concentration of Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine.

The authorities in Kiev and Western governments have accused Moscow of supplying weapons to the pro-Russian separatists in the east of Ukraine, as well as the fact that the Russian troops were directly involved in a military conflict in the Donbass. Russian authorities deny these allegations.

Poroshenko does not expect an easy meeting

Speaking in Kharkov, Poroshenko said he did not expect lung talks with Vladimir Putin in Milan

Meanwhile, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that predicts difficult negotiations with Vladimir Putin in the scheduled for next week meeting in Milan .

On Friday, October 17 in Milan to be held Euro-Asian summit ASEM, to be attended by Putin and Poroshenko.

“After six days in Milan I will have a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin . Together with the leaders of European countries: the German Chancellor, Prime Minister of Italy, the British Prime Minister, leaders of the European Union – Poroshenko said, speaking on Saturday in Kharkov. – You know, I do not expect that it would be easy negotiations. I do not get used to, I have a huge experience of the most complex diplomatic negotiations “.

” But I am an optimist, “- said the Ukrainian president.