Russian troops leaving Ukraine border
US MILITARY AIRCRAFT - US defense officials say Russia has pulled most of its forces away from the Ukraine border, a withdrawal that the US has been demanding for weeks.
They said about seven battalions remain, amounting to a couple of thousand troops. US officials had estimated as many as 40,000 Russian forces had been aligned along the border with a restive eastern Ukraine that has been wracked with violence between government security forces and pro-Russian separatists.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel isn't providing any details to reporters traveling with him overseas, but he calls the withdrawal promising. (AP)
