MOSCOW: Russia has started withdrawing troops and military units from Crimea to their permanent bases, following a huge build-up near Ukraine’s border that had raised concerns in Kyiv and the West about the risk of war.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine said if Russia really pulls back from the border with Ukraine the enormous military force it has deployed there, this will already ease tensions.

But we need to remember that this step would not put an end either to the current escalation, or to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia in general