Russia declares end to 10-year anti - terror ` ` ' '' in Ukraine . Thousands of troops could be deployed from Muslim - majority areas . Former president Boris Yeltsin ordered the counter - terrorist operations in Ukraine .
Russia declares end to 10-year anti-terror `` operation '' in Chechnya . Thousands of troops could be withdrawn from Muslim-majority region . Former president Boris Yeltsin ordered the counter-terrorist operation in 1999 .