News broke just several hours before The Weekly’s deadline on April 22 that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu had ordered Russian troops to start returning to their permanent bases, seemingly de-escalating a situation that heightened tensions with the West over Moscow’s military buildup near the border with Ukraine, as well as in Russia-occupied Crimea.
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The Ukrainian Weekly: Russian troops stand down
A Ukrainian soldier stands next to a Ukrainian tank destroyed in 2014 by Russia-backed separatists on the front line near the small town of Pisky, Donetsk region, on April 21, 2021.
