The Russian Federation recalled troops conducting exercises on the border with Ukraine, - Shoigu
Kyiv, April 29 (Navigator, Evgeniy Andreev) – Immediately after Kiev announced that it had no intention to use the army against the unarmed population, Russian units were returned from areas near the border with Ukraine to their places of permanent deployment.
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His Russian colleague Sergei Shoigu stated this in a telephone conversation with the head of the US military department, Chuck Hagel, the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense reports.
Shoigu stated that recently in the Southeast, under the pretext of “fighting terrorism,” the Kiev regime has concentrated about 80 tanks, more than 130 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, and at least 60 artillery pieces and mortars. Combat aviation and helicopters are systematically involved. The total number of Ukrainian troops reaches 15 thousand people.
“And all this is against the civilian population of our own country,” the head of the defense department emphasized.
The prospect of harsh military actions against civilians, Shoigu noted, forced the Russian side to announce the start of large-scale military exercises on national territory in regions adjacent to the borders with Ukraine.
“This decision was made public. However, as soon as the Ukrainian authorities announced that they had no intention of using regular military units against the unarmed population, the Russian units were returned to their places of permanent deployment,” the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
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