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Ukraine crisis: Rebels 'pull heavy weapons' from front line | |
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Pro-Russia rebels in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, says they have "fully removed" heavy weapons from the front line, as agreed in a ceasefire deal. | |
The claim was made by the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, who added that Ukraine had not reciprocated | |
Under the European-brokered truce signed in Minsk last month, both sides are to move artillery from the front. | Under the European-brokered truce signed in Minsk last month, both sides are to move artillery from the front. |
The ceasefire appears to be holding despite sporadic violations. | The ceasefire appears to be holding despite sporadic violations. |
"We have withdrawn from the contact line all arms with a calibre of over 100mm," Mr Zakharchenko said. "Unfortunately, Ukraine has not done that." | |
At least 6,000 people are believed to have been killed since the conflict in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions erupted last April, a month after Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula. | |
Observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) are monitoring the ceasefire agreed in Minsk, Belarus, on 12 February. |