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The Ukraine foreign ministry May 20 said it has seen no evidence that Russian troops have begun to pullback from the border it shares with Russia, despite an earlier statement by Ukrainian state border police that the Russian military had begun to withdraw.

Early on Tuesday Russia's defense minister ordered soldiers involved in military exercises near the border with Ukraine to return to their bases, reiterating a command from President Vladimir Putin on May 19.

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