NATO says around 1,000 Russian troops remain inside Ukraine – a day after Ukraine’s president reported that most of the Russian forces assisting separatists there had returned home.
President Petro Poroshenko said Wednesday that 70 percent of the Russian troops in Ukraine had crossed back over the border, raising hopes the cease-fire agreement reached last week would hold.
A NATO military officer said Thursday the alliance has no information to that effect. The unnamed officer said such a development would be “a good first step.”
The officer said there are also still “substantial amounts of military equipment” in eastern Ukraine, and approximately …read more
Source: Voice of America
