Ukrainian military report that began the next stage of the withdrawal of heavy weapons in the Donbass.

"Today, March 5, begins the next stage of the challenge artillery systems from the line of battle of contact in the region ATO distances defined during the Minsk agreements. For example, on prepared lines redeployed reactive multiple rocket launchers BM-21 "Grad" along the entire line of demarcation, " - said in the report of the press-center of special operations in Facebook.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people.

The resolution of the Ukrainian fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, during meetings of the contact group in Minsk with the mediation of the Russian Federation and the OSCE.

The next meeting of the contact group on 12 February ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, a cease-fire in the Donbass with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of a security zone.

Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, parties blame each other in violation of the "silence mode" and reported that they only return fire. Kiev is considering an appeal to the UN and the EU to enter in the Donbass peacekeepers.

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