Russia - Ukraine
Judging by units the Russian defense ministry has shown as withdrawing, it’s doubtful a meaningful de-escalation has begun, according to Samuel Cranny-Evans, a military analyst at the Royal United Services Institute in London. The units were from two motor rifle brigades that were stationed in the southern part of Crimea, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported. “It does not really change Russian force posture at all,” Cranny-Evans said, because they were positioned too far from the provisional border.
