Konashenkov said, “Units
of the Southern and Western military districts that have completed their
missions have already begun boarding rail and automobile transport and relocating
to their garrisons today. Separate units will march on foot as part of military
convoys.” According to Konashenkov, “some exercises are still ongoing.”
The joint Russian-Belarusian Union Resolve war exercises, another large-scale drill in the region, will conclude on 20 February.
Russia had deployed
over 130,000 troops near Ukraine’s border, including approximately 30,000
servicemen participating in military drills in Belarus.
