Russia Claims Troops Withdrawing from Crimea After Drills

Russia Claims Troops Withdrawing from Crimea After Drills
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23 Apr 2021
The Russian defense ministry announced Friday it has begun withdrawing troops and equipment from Crimea, having completed a “snap inspection” and supposedly innocuous military drills.
The Ukrainian government was quite happy to see them go and a bit skeptical that they are actually leaving.
“In accordance with the instruction of Russian Defense Minister and General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, the forces of the Southern Military District and Airborne Troops engaged in the events of sudden inspection have begun to return to their permanent stations on April 23,” said a statement from the defense ministry that Russia’s state-run Tass news agency quoted.

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