U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel: Russia Has Withdrawn Most Troops from Ukraine Border

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel addresses service members on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 28, 2014. DOD photo by U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Aaron Hostutler

US Official Says Russia Has Withdrawn Most Troops from Ukraine Border -- Voice of America/Reuters

SINGAPORE — Russia has withdrawn most of its troops from the Ukrainian border, but seven battalions, amounting to thousands of men, remain, a U.S. defense official said on Friday.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, in Singapore to attend a weekend security conference, has called the withdrawal of thousands of Russian troops from the border a promising sign, but said all troops positioned there earlier this year needed to be moved back.

The defense official said that most of the troops had been pulled back.

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