5 minutes agoPentagon announces Russian troop withdrawal from Kiev
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)US Department of Defence officials have announced that the withdrawal of Russian troops has ended from the Kiev and Chernihiv regions. “Russian forces near Kiev and Chernihiv have completed their withdrawal from the area to reconsolidate and restore in Belarus and Russia”. Pentagon spokesman John [...]
Russian forces near Kiev and Chernihiv have completed their withdrawal from the area to reconsolidate and restore in Belarus and Russia”.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby stressed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has achieved no strategic goal.
“has achieved zero of its strategic goals”.
It's really taking control of a small population center... They didn't get Kharkivin”.
“We are not seeing Russian forces in Kiev or around the city in Chernihiv or around it”.
Another top Pentagon official, under the condition of anonymity, said Russian troops could return to Kiev in the future and that it remains unclear if the troops who withdraw will return.
According to the Institute for War Research, Russian units withdrawing from Kiev's circle are unlikely to recover fighting efficiency for some time “.
Of the 130 Russian battalions sent to Ukraine, more than 80 remain in the country, the official said.
The Associated Press, citing an American defence official, reported that the number of withdrawal Russian troops totals at least 24 thousand.
