The Ukrainian Military has completed the withdrawal of artillery with a caliber not exceeding 100 millimetres in Mariupol direction in the area of confrontation in the Donbass, informs on Thursday the press-center of special operations.
"The day passed without violations of the Minsk agreements. On the Mariupol direction completed the withdrawal of artillery caliber 100 mm ", ? notified on the page of headquarters of the special operation in Facebook. Before Thursday, the Ukrainian Military told about the start of withdrawal of artillery systems on the Mariupol direction.
on Wednesday authorized the military power of Russia in General Central control and coordination (SCCC) Hasan Kaloyev said that the next stage of the withdrawal of weapons in DND will begin on November 6, will take mortars. Also unit self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic (DND) on October 28 completed the withdrawal from the frontline artillery guns up to a caliber of 100 mm. on the same Day, the Commissioner of the press center of the military operation Leonid Matyukhin said that controlled by the Kyiv security forces began to withdraw artillery with a caliber less than 100 mm from the line of contact in Donetsk region. From 1 September in the Donbass entered into force another truce, both parties and observers state that it is observed. At the end of September was signed the agreement about the withdrawal in the Donbass weapons of a caliber of less than 100 millimeters and tanks from the frontline. This process will be gradual. Order challenge: at 1st turn, ? the part of the line of contact in the LNR, including Lugansk (sector "North" ), then ? the remaining part of the front, including DNR (sector South ). Since mid-April last year, the Kiev authorities carried out 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 UN at the end of August, victims of the conflict in the East of Ukraine more than 8 thousand People, at least 17, 6 thousand has Been damaged health, 1, 5 million people became internally displaced.

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