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1:11Now PlayingRussian military movement 'not a real withdrawal,' Pentagon says | USA TODAY
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1:11Now PlayingPentagon spokesman John Kirby says Russia's military "withdrawal" from Ukraine is a repositioning, Kyiv still under threat.
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Russia this week announced plans to dial back its military activity in and around Kyiv, but Ukraine authorities say the city continues to be battered by artillery assaults, and the Pentagon said less than 20% of the forces have been removed. Russian military leaders have said forces would focus on "liberating" the breakaway Luhansk and Donetsk territories in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
"Russia’s stated focus on an offensive in Donetsk and Luhansk is likely a tacit admission that it is struggling to sustain more than one significant axis of advance," the British assessment says.
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