Self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR)
says that it does not plan to return its heavy weapons to the frontline.
Special representative of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin has said that they are not going to return heavy weapons back to the frontline.
"The DNR has no plans to return the pulled-out
military hardware to the frontline. We will try to further call
for adhering to a package of measures on the implementation
of the Minsk ceasefire agreement," Pushilin said.
He was speaking amid reports of the ongoing
shelling by Ukraine's government troops of the DNR's territory.
April 2014 saw the beginning of the Ukrainian
authorities's military operation against the Donbas region, who
refused to accept the political coup in their country.
More than 6,000 people have already been killed
in the conflict, according to the United Nations.
On February 12, the Contact Group on Ukraine
managed to clinch a ceasefire agreement, which has been in force
in eastern Ukraine, including the Donbas region, since February 15.
The agreement stipulates a raft of measures,
including the comprehensive ceasefire in the Donbas region, the withdrawal
of heavy weapons and the establishment of a security zone.
Source: Sputnik News 22-03-2015
