According
to reports, Ukraine government troops and self-proclaimed Donetsk People's
Republic (DPR) militia have begun withdrawals from the Petrivske disengagement
area.
IEV/PETRIVSKE (Sputnik) – Ukraine government troops and self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) militia have begun withdrawals from the Petrivske disengagement area, the regional administration and a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Friday.
"Regarding the troop withdrawal in the Bogdanivka-Petrivske area of the front. The process has just begun," Pavlo Zhebrivsky, the head of the Donetsk military and civil administration, said in a Facebook post.
IEV/PETRIVSKE (Sputnik) – Ukraine government troops and self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) militia have begun withdrawals from the Petrivske disengagement area, the regional administration and a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Friday.
"Regarding the troop withdrawal in the Bogdanivka-Petrivske area of the front. The process has just begun," Pavlo Zhebrivsky, the head of the Donetsk military and civil administration, said in a Facebook post.
A RIA
Novosti correspondent, meanwhile, reported that DPR militia have been given the
signal to withdraw.
Zhebrivsky added that troops should be withdrawn by 1
kilometer (0.62 miles) at each side of the line of contact on Sunday.
The sides
to the Donbas conflict signed a framework agreement on the withdrawal of forces
at three locations along the line of contact, including Petrivske, on September
21.
Despite the
stated October 1 timetable, mutual accusations of ceasefire violations stalled
the pullout until now.
Observers from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission, Russian representatives at the joint ceasefire control and coordination center, as well as DPR command, are present at the withdrawal process.
Source: Sputnik News 07-10-2016
