After several weeks of tension on the Ukraine border, Russia has now ordered the withdrawal of its troops.
Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has asked soldiers to return to their base.
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The European Union estimates that Russia has sent more than 100,000 troops along the border with Ukraine. In addition, a large number of Russian soldiers were also sent to Crimea.
In the year 2014, Russia merged with Crimea. Defense Minister Shoigu present in Crimea said that the military units practicing will return to their base.
He said that the objective of checking military preparedness has been achieved all of a sudden.
The Russian Defense Minister said, "The soldiers have demonstrated their ability to provide reliable security to the country."
He said that several air divisions along with the commanders of the 58th and 41st units have been instructed to start returning to their permanent base from Friday and all to return to their base by May 1.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, raised the issue of increasing the number of Russian soldiers with European leaders.
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He challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet him in the border areas of the border conflict. Neto leaders also expressed concern over the mobilization of Russian troops.
However, Russia had called the presence of the troops an exercise after warning of Neto's action. It is also being said that Russia is planning to encircle the Black Sea area for foreign ships.
Why is there a struggle?
The conflict began in eastern Ukraine in 2014, when Russia merged Crimea.
Earlier, Crimea used to be a part of Ukraine.
Why is there a dispute between Russia and Ukraine?
The then president of the country, Viktor Yanukovych, had to step down after the 2014 revolution in Ukraine. Then Russia intervened in Ukraine and sent Russian army to Crimea and took it under its occupation.
It was argued that there are many people of Russian origin and it is the responsibility of Russia to protect their interests amid protests.
This step created a huge rift between Russia and Western countries. After which the European Union and the United States also imposed a ban on Russia.
A month later, Russia-backed rebels captured three Russian-speaking areas Donbas, Donetsk Luhansk.
Western countries and Neto accused Russia of sending troops to the Ukraine border, but Russia said that every Russian fighter present here is a 'Volunteer'.
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When Ukraine's President Zelensky came to power, he promised to restore peace in the area.
A ceasefire was signed between the two countries in July last year. But since then, both countries keep accusing each other of violating the ceasefire.
So far 14000 people have died in this struggle.
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