Russian troops have begun withdrawing troops from the Sumy region in eastern Ukraine, regional administration head Dmytro Zhyvitsky said tonight, Ukrinform reports.
However, he said it was too early to talk about the liberation of the area. He said that over the past week, a large number of Russian military personnel had been seen there and there had been many attacks on civilians.
Russian military equipment is being dragged along the corridor from Kyiv and Chernigov back to Russia.