Russia has begun repositioning less than 20 percent of its troops around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the Pentagon said, but warned that Moscow was expected to re-equip and stockpile them for regrouping rather than return them to Russia.

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Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said some Russian troops may have already moved to Belarus instead of their garrisons in Russia.

Russia has said it is limiting hostilities in Ukraine

Kirby pointed out at a press conference that the Russian private military company Wagner has deployed nearly 1,000 mercenaries in Donbass, which has been declared a priority by Moscow.

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