London, April 8 : The UK’s Defence Ministry on Friday said that Russia has now fully withdrawn its military from northern Ukraine. The Ministry said that some of the forces will be sent to fight in the Donbas region. “In the north, Russian forces have now fully withdrawn from Ukraine to Belarus and Russia. At least some of these forces will be transferred to East Ukraine to fight in the Donbas,” the Ministry tweeted. “Many of these forces will require significant replenishment before being ready to deploy further east, with any mass redeployment from the north likely to take at least a week minimum,” it said. Shelling by Russia is still taking place in the east and south of Ukraine, it added. “Russian shelling of cities in the east and south continues and Russian forces have advanced further south from the strategically important city of Izium which remains under their control,” the Ministry said. VP MR