7 May 2014 18:08

Putin: Russian troops step back from Ukrainian border to regular training sites

MOSCOW. May 7 (Interfax) - There are no Russian troops left on the Ukrainian border, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"They kept telling us they were concerned about our troops on the Ukrainian border - we pulled them [the troops] back; they no longer stay on the Ukrainian border but are in their bases and at training ranges," Putin said after a meeting with his Swiss counterpart Didier Burkhalter.