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RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin ordered troops deployed
near Ukraine today to withdraw and praised the launch of dialogue
between Kiev and its opponents even as fighting continued in eastern
Ukraine.
He ordered Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to pull back
forces involved in “planned spring drills” in the Rostov, Belgorod and
Bryansk regions to their home bases.
The order appears to go further than a similar statement
by the Russian leader two weeks ago that troops were being pulled back
from the border to firing ranges.
The three regions border Ukraine and withdrawal of troops
deployed there would signal an attempt by Moscow to de-escalate the
crisis.
The Kremlin statement didn’t say how many troops would be pulled out or how quick the withdrawal would be.
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