Russian troops have pulled out from their self-imposed buffer zones around Georgia’s breakaway
regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia ahead of a Friday deadline. Russia and Georgia both confirmed the move. Now Russian troops are stationed only inside the two independent regions. Moscow plans to keep nearly 8,000 soldiers stationed in the two regions.
The Russians fought a brief war to fight back Georgian troops who were trying to take back South Ossetia by force in August.
Russia’s foreign minister stated that an EU mission monitoring the pull-out would be excluded from both territories
Russia’s move to recognize the two breakaway regions as independent states drew strong condemnation from Georgia and Western leaders.
Georgia-Russia conflict-BBC World News
