Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an end Tuesday to combat readiness drills in the west of the country that have been linked to a military incursion into neighboring Ukraine.
The orders apparently do not affect the heavily armed Russian troops that have been deployed in recent days across the southern Ukrainian Crimean peninsula and seized key strategic facilities.
Putin attended drills in Russia’s northwest Leningrad Region on Monday and top generals informed him that they had gone well, according to a Kremlin statement.
The practice maneuvers, which included live fire exercises and involved more than 150,000 servicemen, up to 90 planes, over 120 helicopters, more than 880 military vehicles and 80 warships, were announced by the Kremlin on Wednesday as tensions over the situation in Ukraine escalated.
(RIA Novosti)
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