"In accordance with the agreements reached by the presidents of Russia and Turkey ... a convoy of Russian military police crossed the Euphrates River and advanced towards the Syrian-Turkish border," the statement said.

As noted, military police units will ensure the safety of the population and help maintain the rule of law, and will also "carry out patrols in designated areas."

The police will help withdraw units of Kurdish self-defense units and their weapons 30 km from the border.

Earlier, Russian military police began to patrol the positions of the Syrian army to the northeast of the city of Manbij.

As noted in Ankara, the completion of Operation Source of Peace does not mean that Turkey will completely leave Syria.

On October 22 in Sochi, the presidents of Russia and Turkey, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, agreed to introduce the Syrian military and Russian military police into the zone outside the Turkish operation on October 23.

More details in the material RT.