Some Russian Troops Move Away from Ukraine Border, ‘Doesn’t Change’ Role in Conflict, Pentagon Says
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berean/iStockphoto/Thinkstock(KIEV, Ukraine) — The Pentagon says it has seen some Russian troops moving away from the Russia-Ukraine border, a change that Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby called “welcome.”
“We have seen movement of some forces away from the border,” Kirby said during a Tuesday briefing. “Movement of that kind is, of course, welcome,” the spokesperson said, “but it doesn’t change the outcome, and that is that there are still large numbers…that continue to threaten the security and the territorial integrity of Ukraine.”
The Kremlin announced last week that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered over 17,000 troops home from the border.
“Nothing has changed about the fact that Russia continues to foment instability inside Ukraine,” Kirby noted.
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