The Pentagon said Wednesday that it believes Russia has started to reposition a “small percentage” of its troops that had been arrayed against Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, but that none of them appear to be returning home. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby issued an update after Russia announced Tuesday it will significantly scale back military operations near city. “On the withdrawal, we have seen over the last 24 hours the repositioning of a small percentage of the troops and the battalion tactical groups that Russia had arrayed against Kyiv,” said Kirby. He said that based on early assessments, Russia has started to reposition some 20 percent of its forces. “Some of those troops we assess are repositioning into Belarus. We don’t have an exact number for you, but that’s our early assessments,” Kirby told reporters during a press briefing. “We have seen none of them reposition to their home garrison, and …