: Russia says it will pull back some troops from Ukrainian border #IndiaNEWS Russia on Tuesday said that it was pulling back some of its troops from the Ukraine border, in what is being a sign of deescalation,

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Russia says it will pull back some troops from Ukrainian border #IndiaNEWS
Russia on Tuesday said that it was pulling back some of its troops from the Ukraine border, in what is being a sign of deescalation, Reuters reported.In a statement, the Russian defence ministry said that some of its troops were returning back to their bases after conducting exercises in military districts bordering Ukraine.“As combat training measures are coming to a close, the troops, as is always the case, will conduct combined marches to their permanent garrisons,� the statement said, according to Reuters.Since early this year, Russia has amassed close to 1.3 lakh troops at the Ukrainian border. The two countries have been engaged in a conflict since 2014 when Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and backed separatist rebellions in the country’s eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Russia had always maintained that the troops will return. “This is the case this time as well,� Peskov said, according to Reuters.He also accused the United States of America of fueling the tensions by repeatedly warning of an invasion on Ukraine.Ukraine, however, said that it would believe Russia was moving towards de-escalation only after the troops are indeed pulled back.“If we see a withdrawal, we will believe in deescalation,� Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said, according...Read more

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