BRUSSELS, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- NATO announced Tuesday that Russian troops have reduced their presence inside Ukraine. <\/p>\n
NATO spokesman Lt. Col. Jay Janzen confirmed, \"There has been a significant pullback of Russian conventional forces.\" Janzen declined to give a firm number of Russian forces remaining, but noted that Russian special forces are still operating in Ukraine. <\/p>\n
\"It is clear that NATO allies need to remain vigilant,\" Janzen said, despite the reduction. <\/p>\n
Russia, which has denied that it has any troops inside Ukraine, has not yet commented on NATO's recent assertion. <\/p>\n
Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels agreed on September 19 to establish a 15 kilometer buffer zone to facilitate the withdrawal of foreign fighters, mercenaries and military equipment, with oversight by the OSCE. <\/p>\n
2014 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and\/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
See the original post:<\/p>\n
NATO: 'significant pullback of Russian conventional forces' from Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BRUSSELS, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- NATO announced Tuesday that Russian troops have reduced their presence inside Ukraine. NATO spokesman Lt. Continue reading