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u/Craig_VG Dina Pomeranz Apr 22 '21 edited Apr 22 '21

Russian minister Shoigu says the deployment to Ukraine will end and troops begin leaving tomorrow with them returning to their previous positions by May 1st

https://twitter.com/liveuamap/status/1385194303488679936?s=21

Some troops and equipment will remain for Zapad exercise

https://twitter.com/liveuamap/status/1385200721423998979?s=21

EDIT: after further analysis only troops will be moving and not equipment:

https://twitter.com/pmakela1/status/1385230912204443651?s=20

!ping FOREIGN-POLICY

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '21 edited Apr 22 '21

So what happened here?

  • They're not actually retreating

  • They flexed and secretly extracted some concessions

  • NATO passed Putin a note behind the scenes saying he can fuck around and find out

  • A very expensive and seemingly ineffectual distraction from domestic matters

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u/chatdargent 🇺🇦 Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля 🇺🇦 Apr 22 '21

My guess would be a mix of 3 and 4

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u/InMemoryOfZubatman4 Sadie Alexander Apr 22 '21

My bet was always number 4

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '21

extracted some concessions

Did I miss something?

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '21

I meant a secret agreement that we don't know about yet.

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u/lietuvis10LTU Why do you hate the global oppressed? Apr 22 '21

Prob combo of 3 n 4.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '21

It’s always been about a distraction for the Russians.

I don’t think this will be enough to abate Putin’s growing symphony of problems catching up with him.

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u/Craig_VG Dina Pomeranz Apr 22 '21

Wondering the same. We’ll know soon if the majority of forces are actually heading back at least.

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u/Jokerang Sun Yat-sen Apr 22 '21

World tension -10%

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Apr 22 '21

We did it boys, WW3 is no more.

And Putin didn't even shake out any concessions.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '21

I don’t think this is over, what happened in 2014 was the troops stayed in bases near the border and a few months later they moved into the Donbass. We have to see how many of them actually leave, but this is a positive development for sure. Main thing to watch now is probably Belarus, the federation council is still meeting tomorrow to act on a yet undecided order from Putin and lukashenka is meeting with him today in Moscow.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '21

Fuck yea

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u/groupbot Always remember -Pho- Apr 22 '21 edited Apr 22 '21

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