Significant withdrawal of Russian troops from eastern Ukraine, Russia calls for international probe into mass graves

Nato noted a “significant” withdrawal of Russian troops form eastern Ukraine, reports the BBC.

“There has been a significant pullback of Russian conventional forces inside Ukraine, but many thousands are still deployed in the vicinity of the boarder,” said the Nato spokesperson on Wednesday.

Japan, on Wednesday, announced that it had stepped up sanctions on Russia to be in line with other G-7 nations ahead of a meeting in New York, reports the Associated Press.


Russia calls for international probe into mass graves in Ukraine


The head of Russia’s presidential human rights council called on Ukrainian authorities to allow an international probe in to recently found mass graves and unfettered access to human rights activists and journalists.

Four bound bodies have been exhumed from the mass graves found in the separatist regions of Donetsk, reports Russia Today.

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