PULLING BACK OR PULLING A FAST ONE? The Russian Defense Ministry has posted videos showing what it claims are Russian troops and equipment loaded on rail cars leaving Crimea in southern Ukraine after completing “tactical exercises.”

The photos and videos on Facebook, Twitter, and the Russian Defense Ministry website show vehicle convoys and troop trains crossing the Crimean bridge, returning to their “point of permanent deployment.”

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