The Pentagon said even though part of the Russian troops were withdrawn from the Ukrainian borders, the Russian Federation still poses a threat to the security of Ukraine.
This was stated by the press secretary of the U.S.Department of Defence John Kirby.
Thus, Kirby mentions that the Russian forces were indeed withdrawn from the Ukrainian-Russian border.
“Well, without getting into great specificity because you know we're loathe to speak about intelligence assessments here. We have seen some departure of some forces away from -- away from Ukraine. Russian forces away from Ukraine,” Kirby said.
However, the Pentagon press secretary noted that it is too soon to tell that the threat is gone.
“But it's -- as I said Friday and I think we would still maintain this that it's -- it's too soon to tell and to take at face value Russian claims that what they said was an exercise is now over and they're pulling everybody back,” Kirby claimed.
He noted that the U.S. military will be watching the situation in Ukraine very closely.
" So we're going to keep watching this very, very closely,” the Pentagon representative concluded.