Russian army units remain on the Ukrainian border

In the second half of this year, the Russian armed forces held several large-scale military maneuvers, including airborne exercises, alongside the Ukrainian border.

And now 41st Army units remain in the European part of Russia about 260 kilometers from the Ukrainian border; it worried Kiev.

The Kremlin, for its part, has said Russia will maintain a military presence on its territory wherever it deems it necessary.

In the spring of this year, Ukraine has already reported that Russia is concentrating its troops on the Ukrainian border and that Moscow-backed separatist militants are constantly violating last year’s ceasefire agreement.

However, a few weeks later, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that Russia will withdraw its troops, which were located at the Ukrainian border. Representatives of Ukraine at the time reported that more than 100,000 Russian soldiers were stationed in the immediate vicinity of Ukraine’s borders.

CONTEXT:

In the spring of 2014, a conflict began in the eastern part of Ukraine. Soon after the Crimean Autonomous Region of Ukraine annexed by Russia. Moscow also continues to support separatists in the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine.

In February 2015 in Minsk with the participation of the leaders of Germany and France, as well as the President of Russia agreement has been reached on 13 points in the peace plan, which provided for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists. Since then, both sides in the conflict have reported violations of the ceasefire from time to time.

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