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 The acting parliamentary leader of the Batkivschyna party confirmed on April 16 that Ukraine is carrying out a nationwide redeployment of its armed forces because of an alleged threat of external aggression from the east.

 “As the minister of defense has confirmed, the redeployment of general
armed forces complies with all the procedures under the law that exists
in Ukraine,” Serhiy Sobolev told a briefing in parliament after a
closed-door meeting at the legislature that heard a statement from
acting defense minister Mykhailo Koval.