Putin calls troops
back from Ukraine
By Anna Smolchenko, AFP
October 13, 2014, 12:05 am TWN
The announcement by the Kremlin late
Saturday comes as the Russian strongman is gearing up to hold the talks with
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and European leaders in Milan on Friday,
signaling the possibility of shoring up the rickety truce.
“The head of
state has tasked the defense minister with beginning to bring troops back to
their permanent bases,” the Kremlin said.
The order, the Kremlin said, meant that
17,600 servicemen, who had participated in summer drills in the southern Rostov region on the border with Ukraine
Defense minister Sergei Shoigu received the
order after reporting that “summertime training on military ranges of the
Southern military district is over,” the Kremlin said.
The late Saturday meeting between Putin and
Shoigu took place after the president chaired a meeting of his national
security council at his Black Sea resident in Sochi
The rebels and the Ukrainian military in
the eastern Donetsk
End of 'New Russia
Some critics said the troop drawback meant
that the Kremlin was keen to drop its support for separatists.
“The project
Novorossiya (New Russia) is over,” former deputy prime minister turned
opposition leader Boris Nemtsov said, referring to the loaded Tsarist-era name
for what is now southern and eastern Ukraine.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/europe/2014/10/13 /419325/Putin-calls.htm
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- Russian President Vladimir
WHEN- The announcement posted: October 6, 2014.
The meeting: October 17, 2014
WHAT- Putin ordered his defense minister to
pull thousands of troops from the border with Ukraine
WHY- To hold the talks with Ukrainian
President Petro Poroshenko and European leaders, ahead of key talks on a
fragile truce in the ex-Soviet country.
WHERE- The meeting hold on Milan
HOW- Hold a meeting with Ukrainian
President Petro Poroshenko and European leaders.
Keywords：
1.
truce：停火、休戰
2.
gear up：整裝待發…
3.
shore up：支持
4.
intensified：加劇
5.
sanctions：制裁
6.
rebels：叛軍
7.
subsided：平息、減少
8.
negotiations：談判
9.
separatists：獨立派
10.
Tsarist-era：沙皇時代
In my opinion, Putin has to pull his troops back and peacefully talks to Ukraine. Because it is a democratic society, using military power is not an good idea.
回覆刪除I think though Ukraine is far away from Taiwan, it's important for us to care about this worldwide news because if the relationship between the Ukrainian military and the rebels become worse, there might be a war happens in this peace world.
回覆刪除It is unavoidable that there are different opinions and conflicts between countries. Therefore, it is significant that what the authority do to solve the problems and try their best to avoid a war from occurring.
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