Donetsk people's Republic has withdrawn all troops from Shirokino, which remains one of the most hot spots of Donbass, said on Thursday the Deputy commander of the headquarters of the militia DND Eduard Bacurin.
"currently in Shirokino absolutely uninhabited ", - quotes the expression Baturina RIA " Novosti ".
The village Shirokino is located on the shore of the sea of Azov between Mariupol (controlled by Ukrainian security forces and Donetsk region (controlled by the militia DND). In early February Shirokino was taken by the soldiers of the Ukrainian battalion " Azov ". Since then, the two sides continue in this area of so-called artillery and mortar duels. Yesterday Kiev has made the initiative to make a four-kilometre security zone in Shirokino. On Wednesday, the Deputy commander of the militia DND Eduard Bacurin reported that the militia under the demilitarization of Shirokino plans to take weapons with a calibre of not more than 100 millimetres, but the Soldiers will remain in position. Before the official authorized DND, Deputy Chairman of the people's Council Denis Pushilin said that the leadership of Donetsk national Republic decided to consider the Village Shirokino Novoazovskiy district demilitarized zone. On 25 June it was declared about the tank battles in Shirokino. Since mid-April last year, the Kyiv authorities are in the East of Ukraine "special operation" to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. Refers to a large number of dead and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of houses and infrastructure. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 4 thousand People. With fifteen February, the parties to the conflict in the Donbass declared a truce in Minsk after almost 16 hours of negotiations. However, despite the control system of the ceasefire, for the last time period shelling in Eastern Ukraine again became frequent.

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