Russia withdraws a portion of troops from the border with Ukraine. The Southern Military District is returning 10,000 troops to their permanent bases after a month of “field training, reported the Radio Echo Moscow. The military are returning after exercises at... #RussiaandUkraine #RussianAgression #RussianArmyatUkraineBorder
More than 300,000 Russian soldiers, nearly one-third of the nation’s 1 million member military, took part in exercises near Ukraine this month , Gen. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian military’s General Staff, said in a public briefing yesterday. He said drills involved 35,000 combat vehicles, 900 aircraft and 180 navy ships. Previous e... #RussianArmyatUkraineBorder #RussianMilitary
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu declared military drills near Ukraine to be over and that units would be withdrawn to their bases in central and eastern Russia. Anticipating more drills later this year, he said soldiers would leave large weapons in place, largely in Pogonovo firin... #RussianAgression #RussianArmyatUkraineBorder
The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, yesterday announced that 150,000 Russian troops are concentrated on Ukraine’s eastern border and in Crimea . Noting that the deployment includes field hospitals, he warned that only “a spark” could set off a conflict. On Saturday, four large landing ships from Russia’s Baltic and Northern fleets entered th... #RussiaandUkraine #RussianAgression #RussianArmyatUkraineBorder
