The Kremlin has begun to withdraw Russian troops from the Ukrainian borders. In particular, Moscow redeploys troops participating in Crimea drills back to their permanent bases, as was reported by TASS.
The Russian Defense Ministry has begun redeploying troops that were engaged in military exercises in the south of Russia back to their permanent locations, the agency said.
"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," the statement reads.
The drills involved more than 10,000 servicemen and 1,200 units of hardware. The Defense Ministry noted that the army units and formations are currently marching to railway stations, airfields and are embarking on landing ships, rail cars and planes of the military transport aviation.
It was not mentioned when the withdrawal of Russian troops from the eastern border of Ukraine will begin.