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| Ukraine president says Russian troop withdrawal reduces tension | |
| 2021-04-23 | |
Hattip g(r)omgoru. [Jpost] Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday welcomed a reduction of Russian troops on Ukraine's border but said Kyiv would remain vigilant.Russia earlier announced it was ordering troops back to base from the area near the border with Ukraine, apparently calling an end to a buildup of tens of thousands of soldiers that had alarmed the West. "The reduction of troops on our border proportionally reduces tension," Zelenskiy wrote on Twitter. "Ukraine is always vigilant, yet welcomes any steps to decrease the military presence & deescalate the situation in Donbass."
"I consider the goals of the snap check of readiness fulfilled," Shoigu says. "The troops have shown their capability to defend the country and I decided to complete the drills in the South and Western military districts." Shoigu says the troops should return to their bases by May 1, but he ordered to keep the heavy weapons deployed to western Russia as part of the drills for another massive military exercise later this year. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #13 Well, someone must supervise the int'l relief and reconstruction effort... and establish a protectorate, natch. |
| Posted by: Sheba Sinatra9468 2021-04-23 22:41 |
| #12 A totally unforeseen factor Attacked like a runaway tractor Till Putin stepped in To mop up for the win When Ukraine lost another reactor. [paternal unit's Effects of Nucular Whoopins slidewheel thingy here] |
| Posted by: Sheba Sinatra9468 2021-04-23 22:33 |
| #11 does the withdrawal range correspond to any known or presumed blast radius? The things that don’t occur to me! Also “training” games. It’s clearly a good thing I never went in for soldiering. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-04-23 22:06 |
| #10 If you wish to trap a rat, don't set the trap at first. Leave the cheese in the tray with the trap undone. Let him accustom himself to snatching the cheese without penalty, until he forgets the scent of your human pheromones. Then one day you bait the trap, set it, and (SNAP) |
| Posted by: Jeremiah Hupinetle4284 2021-04-23 20:47 |
| #9 No doubt Xiden is so proud of himself for scaring the Russians away. Any bets he will mention that in his Address? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-04-23 19:38 |
| #8 Russians should remember - Ukrainians can go nuclear at any time. They also have ICBM class rockets and much of the "high tech" Soviet industries. |
| Posted by: Glaque Speaking for Boskone8157 2021-04-23 17:58 |
| #7 The Egyptians played this game prior to '73. Training rehearsals. Run up to the Suez Canal with personnel and equipment. Kept doing it time and time again. Then one day, they went across to the surprise of those on the other side. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-04-23 16:55 |
| #6 Uhm...with AP and Berserker on hiatus I guess I'm responsible for asking, does the withdrawal range correspond to any known or presumed blast radius? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-04-23 16:21 |
| #5 Kiev Rus or something like that? |
| Posted by: Clem 2021-04-23 13:35 |
| #4 Ukrainians should remember - eventually USA will get tired and go away, but Russia will remain. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB 2021-04-23 11:22 |
| #3 reduces tension Now is the time to watch out. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2021-04-23 07:54 |
| #2 This was a test. If it had been a real emergency you would be directed to put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2021-04-23 07:37 |
| #1 More judo from the judo master in the Kremlin. |
| Posted by: Punky Shusonter9626 2021-04-23 02:05 |