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Omaha Steve

(99,646 posts)
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 08:13 AM Apr 2021

Russian troops start pulling back from Ukrainian border [View all]

Source: AP

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian troops began pulling back to their permanent bases Friday after a massive buildup that has caused Ukrainian and Western concerns.

On Thursday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu declared the sweeping maneuvers in Crimea and wide swaths of western Russia over, and ordered the military to bring the troops that took part in them back to their permanent bases by May 1.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the announcement.

The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday that its forces that took part in the massive drills in Crimea were moving to board trains, transport aircraft and landing vessels en route to their permanent bases.



This handout photo taken from a video released on Friday, April 23, 2021 by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows, Russian military's armored vehicles roll into landing vessels after drills in Crimea. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Thursday ordered troops back to their permanent bases after a massive military buildup that caused Ukrainian and Western concerns. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-ed045e5d7e74f98306095f050af7e502

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Get out and stay out. oasis Apr 2021 #1
This!👆 SheltieLover Apr 2021 #2
+1000 Rhiannon12866 Apr 2021 #19
That flag doesn't look Russian Doc Sportello Apr 2021 #3
Oh you're right, it does PatSeg Apr 2021 #5
It's a Russian Naval Jack flown from the bow of a Russian warship Kaleva Apr 2021 #6
It's Russia's Naval Jack OnlinePoker Apr 2021 #7
I wonder what would have happened PatSeg Apr 2021 #4
Looks more like those vehicles are OFF loading rather than loading. FailureToCommunicate Apr 2021 #8
They back in to load. Better to be pulling straight off on a hot LZ. marble falls Apr 2021 #12
Oh, of course. FailureToCommunicate Apr 2021 #16
Behind the headlines Lulu KC Apr 2021 #9
Ya - Putin's MO wouldn't be an invasion, I think. Oneironaut Apr 2021 #10
Russian bosses specialize in misinformation. Trust_Reality Apr 2021 #11
I think this is absolutely spot on FlyingPiggy Apr 2021 #18
Putin blinked. LudwigPastorius Apr 2021 #13
So, I wonder what the point of this whole exercise was? Midnight Writer Apr 2021 #14
To test Joe. Aristus Apr 2021 #15
Pooty Rooty knows NATO would repulse his invasion Mysterian Apr 2021 #17
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