Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:43 UTC
© Russian Ministry of Defense Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has announced that troops deployed in the west and south of the country in recent days will soon begin returning to base, saying they have now passed tests of their combat readiness.
The chief of the country s military revealed on Thursday that a number of units of the regular army and airborne divisions had been transferred to the area, near the shared border with Ukraine, as part of surprise military exercises. The buildup had caused alarm in Kiev, and been cited by Western nations as a potential precursor to an invasion, which the Kremlin repeatedly denied.
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Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 05:54
How Russia controls occupied Donbas
01.02.2021 19:04
Ukraine informs OSCE about system of political, economic and military management of occupied territories
Russia s hybrid war in eastern Ukraine has been bleeding for seven years now. Attempts to heal this wound and bring peace to Donbas have been going on for about the same time since the first peace treaty was signed by representatives of Ukraine and Russia in Minsk on September 5, 2014. However, negotiations on a peace settlement, despite Ukraine s readiness and political will to do so, are still being dragged out on many issues.
The main reason behind the lack of progress is the position of the Kremlin, which refuses to recognize its role in the conflict. They say that Russia here, in general, acts as a mediator or even a peacemaker and there are independent republics in Donbas so the Ukrainian government needs to negotiate. All this, in addition to avoiding official recognition of the war be
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