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May 31st, 2014 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The majority of Russian troops that were stationed along Ukraine’s border are pulling back and returning to their military bases, the US Defense Department confirms.
“I can confirm that at least two thirds of the Russian forces have repositioned off the border and we are continuing to monitor,” Pentagon spokesman, Col. Steve Warren, told reporters Friday.
Rear Admiral John Kirby, Pentagon spokesman, also told reporters traveling to Singapore with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel that a “majority of the Russian forces” have been withdrawn from the Ukrainian border.
Hagel, who is in Singapore to attend a security conference, has called the withdrawal of the Russian troops from the border a “promising” sign, but said all troops positioned there earlier this year needed to be moved back.
Earlier in May, the White House said there was “no evidence” that Russia had pulled out its troops, despite an announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that “today they are not on the Ukrainian border.”
US and NATO officials have estimated that about 40,000 Russian forces had been aligned along the border with a restive eastern Ukraine that has been wracked with violence between government security forces and pro-Russian protesters.
Tensions between Washington and Moscow heightened after Crimea declared independence from Ukraine and formally applied to become part of the Russian Federation following a referendum in March.
The US and the EU have imposed sanctions targeting dozens of Russian officials and banks over Moscow and have threatened to target entire sectors of the Russian economy if other parts of Ukraine rejoin Russia.
Ukraine has been gripped by unrest since November 2013, when now-ousted president, Viktor Yanukovych, refrained from signing an Association Agreement with the European Union in favor of closer ties with Russia.
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