The self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic has completed the withdrawal of tanks from the line of contact from Novoazovsk to Ukraine, told reporters authorized the armed forces in SCCC, Lieutenant General Hassan Kaloev.

at the end of September was signed the agreement about the withdrawal of weapons with a caliber of not more than 100 millimeters and tanks from the frontline. This process takes place in 2 stages. Militia LNR told In proshedshiy Thursday about the completion of the first phase of the diversion of arms a caliber of less than 100 millimeters, the Ukrainian Military said it has completed the 1st stage of the withdrawal on the last working day of the week. In DNR began the withdrawal on October 21, as well as among them began to withdraw tanks near Novoazovsk.

"at the moment can be summarized by the fact that the equipped weapon creation of the Donetsk national Republic took the tanks from the line of contact from Donetsk to Gorlovka" - said the researcher.

The Ukrainian authorities in April of last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 8 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbas region is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk the contact group, which since September of last year had already taken 3 of the document, regulating the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

sections: Politics