Is it the hoped-for sign of relaxation? According to the Kremlin, some of the Russian soldiers who have been stationed at the Ukrainian border for months have been ordered back to their home garrisons.
According to the Kremlin, some of the Russian soldiers who have been stationed at the Ukrainian border for months have been ordered back to their home garrisons. Units from the military districts in southern and western Russia have “completed their tasks” and will be on their way back to their military bases later in the day, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, according to Russian news agencies.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday that some of the Russian army’s controversial military maneuvers at home and in Belarus were coming to an end.
Fear of Russian invasion remains
The massive Russian troop deployment on the border with Ukraine has been fueling fears of a Russian invasion of the neighboring country for weeks. According to US information, “clearly” more than 100,000 Russian soldiers were mobilized in the border area. A Russian naval maneuver near the Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea also raised concerns.
In response to Russian troop movements, the West had increased its military presence in Eastern Europe. On Monday, the first additional Bundeswehr soldiers to strengthen NATO’s so-called Enhanced Forward Presence (EFP) arrived in the EU country of Lithuania. In total, the Bundeswehr wants to send 350 more soldiers and around 100 military vehicles to Lithuania. So far, around 550 German soldiers are stationed in the former Soviet republic.
The Ukraine conflict is also the focus of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s (SPD) visit to Putin this Tuesday in Moscow. Scholz had already met the Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelenskyj in Kiev on Monday.
Source: Stern
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