Once #Russia withdraws, I expect NATO to withdraw too. Moving the pieces around is OK & providing Ukraine with DEFENSIVE hardware & training is OK, but as Russia concludes its "military exercises" NATO must mirror this by concluding its own "military exercises" & draw down.

#Ukraine has a large #military of its own, but it lacks the more sophisticated #weaponry of #NATO. Leaving it with high-tech defensive hardware & #training in its use will improve Ukraine's theoretical #defensive capability & therefore increase confidence in the #West in Ukraine's ability to #defend itself without requiring any significant #Western #intervention.

Any #persecution of ethnic Russians in Ukraine must stop now.

https://www.rt.com/russia/549402-troops-withdrawing-ukraine-border