Russian Forces Continue Removing Checkpoints

Russia will start pulling out its troops from the areas outside breakaway South Ossetia on October 8, Marat Kulakhmetov, the commander of Russian troops, said.  

“Tomorrow, in the first half of the day, we will start the removal of all six checkpoints. As was planned, the process will be completed within a day,” Interfax news agency quoted Kulakhmetov as saying.

In accordance with the ceasefire deal, Russia is committed to the removal of all its checkpoints and the withdrawal of troops from areas outside breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia by October 10.

According to Georgian media reports, Russian forces are actively removing their checkpoints both in Shida Kartli and Samegrelo regions. 

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