The Russian department claims that the equipment goes to the points of permanent deployment.

Equipment left the peninsula through the Crimean bridge / video screenshot

The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that the military equipment of the units of the Southern Military District left the occupied Crimea along the bridge across the Kerch Strait and is heading to the places of permanent deployment.

RIA Novosti writes about this with reference to a statement from the department. A related video has also been posted.

“The echelon with military equipment of the units of the Southern Military District crossed the Crimean bridge on the way to the checkpoint after the completion of the planned exercises,” the message says.

They also said that the personnel loaded armored vehicles on caterpillar tracks – tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and self-propelled artillery mounts onto railway platforms.

https://www.unian.net/player/ptZiKkmuWithdrawal of Russian troops from Crimea

Recall, on the eve of the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that the Russian military would return to the points of permanent deployment after the end of the exercises, and units of the Southern Military District and the Western Military District had already begun loading onto vehicles and would leave on Tuesday. According to him, the military attaches for defense at the embassies of foreign states in Belarus will observe the last stage of the Russian-Belarusian exercises “Allied Resolve”.

At the same time, the United States does not confirm information about the withdrawal of Russian equipment from the border with Ukraine and admits that the Russian Federation may launch an invasion this week .

(C)UNIAN 2022