Russia says it has begun withdrawing more tanks and other armored vehicles from areas near the Ukrainian border.
Another military train carrying personnel and military equipment belonging to the Tank Army units of the Western Military District returned to its permanent bases in the Nizhny Novgorod region after completing scheduled exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
It also said it had withdrawn 10 warplanes from Moscow (the Crimean peninsula).
Moscow has accused NATO of using the crisis as a “pretext” to increase its military presence near Russia’s borders.
Moscow has strongly opposed its neighbour’s efforts to join NATO but it has also been denying about the rumours of invading ukraine. Moscow clearly says that it wants security guarantees that the US-led alliance will stop its expansion into former soviet republics but invading ukraine is just a rumours.
Meanwhile,NATO has raised the alarm about the Ukraine crisis, warning of “a real risk for a new armed conflict in Europe”, and promised to reinforce its eastern flank.
United States has temporarily deployed soldiers in Romanian airbase ,considering to maintain a long-term presence in Eastern Europe in the coming months.
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