NATO chief Stoltenberg says indications from Russia it is willing to pursue diplomacy over the Ukraine crisis are positive, but there is no evidence yet of Moscow pulling back troops from the border
Ukraine said deterrence efforts against Russia appeared to be working but that it would watch to see if any Russian withdrawal was real.
Stoltenberg warned that Moscow still had "everything in place" to stage an attack on Ukraine at any time, but said the Kremlin "has time to step back from the brink". Some forces deployed near Ukraine completed their exercises and were packing up to leave, the Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said, in what could be the first major step towards de-escalation.Western war propaganda?
It was not immediately clear how many units were involved and what impact the withdrawals would have on the overall number of troops surrounding Ukraine, but it was the first announcement of a Russian drawdown in weeks.
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