Pentagon Says Russian Troops Are Repositioning

A Maxar satellite image taken on March 10, 2022 and showing the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukraine, which Russian forces have begun to pull out of, according to the US - Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies/AFP/File

In its most specific description of Russian forces moving away from Kyiv, the Pentagon said “less than 20 percent” of the Russian contingent in the vicinity of the Ukrainian capital are starting to “reposition.”

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby gave no specific troop number on Wednesday. He said those that have begun moving away from Kyiv had been deployed in the vicinity of the Hostomel airport northwest of Kyiv.