After much back-and-forth between Western capitals and Russia Tuesday and Wednesday over the Kremlin's declared troop draw down from Kiev and Chernihiv, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has definitively weighed in on Thursday, saying that Russian forces are not withdrawing but regrouping. 

The NATO chief further echoed prior Washington declarations that Moscow is not negotiating in good faith, also after Kiev charged that the whole draw down aspect to Tuesday's Istanbul negotiations was but a tactical ploy for more time to extend battlefield actions and aggression.