The Russian Defense Ministry said it has finished withdrawing troops from the western bank of the Dnipro River, which divides Ukraine's key southern city of Kherson.
Meanwhile,"This is a subject of the Russian Federation. There are no changes in this and there cannot be changed," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.that Russia annexed in October in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called a "sham referendum." The regions combined make up about 15% of Ukraine.
The Kremlin said Friday that the pullback of troops does not represent an embarrassment for Russian President Vladimir Putin,"Not a single piece of military equipment was left on the right bank. There were no losses in manpower or military equipment and material resources of the Russian group of forces," Kremlin Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashaekov said in a statement.
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