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Ukrainian servicemen to leave Crimea by rail — chief of Russian General Staff

According to the agreement between Russian Defense Ministry and Ukrainian military agency Ukrainian servicemen and members of their families will be withdrawn from Crimea
Railway station in Simferopol ITAR-TASS/Alexander Ryumin
Railway station in Simferopol
© ITAR-TASS/Alexander Ryumin

MOSCOW, March 26. /ITAR-TASS/. Chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff General Valery Gerasimov told Russian reporters about the procedure of withdrawal of around 1,500 Ukrainian servicemen from the Russian Republic of Crimea.

“All servicemen who said they want to continue military service in Ukrainian armed forces handing in weapons under guarding are staying outside the territory of military units and are preparing for well-organized leaving for Ukraine with personal belongings,” Gerasimov said. “A temporary military registration station is opened for them at 6, Lazarev Street in the Russian city of Sevastopol where around 1,500 servicemen of Ukrainian armed forces have registered as of March 25,” he noted.