Instead he was redeployed to Iraq.
While earlier he was eager to get well so he could be redeployed to the Middle East, he announced to the support group in December that he'd changed his mind.
Instead, since his arrest, he has been redeployed to Iraq and promoted to staff sergeant.
Now that he was not being redeployed to Kharkov, Richthofen also complained about the withdrawal of his units to the region, arguing that the Kerch and Sevastopol battles were ongoing and owing to the transfer of aerial assets to Kharkov, victory in the Crimea was no longer guaranteed.
But, to show that he is not soft on terrorism, he has said some troops may be redeployed to Afghanistan.Spain is not the only European country making headway in the hunt for Islamic extremists.
He looked for several months, then was redeployed to Iraq.
He gained a routine promotion to major and, redeployed to the European Command headquarters in Germany, had his first experience of diplomacy.
Workers will be redeployed to other areas of the plant, he said, and there will be no layoffs.
The journalist, who declined to be named, said he subsequently learned that the fighters returned later on Sunday and "engaged troops redeployed to the town in fierce battle".
Some is being redeployed to Afghanistan.
