"We are ready to start voluntary DPR artillery withdrawal from the calm areas along the contact line, where Kiev forces adhere to the Minsk agreements," Basurin told reporters.
Earlier in the day, a DPR leader's press secretary said that Kiev is still firing, so Donetsk has not pulled back its artillery.
Weaponry withdrawal at midnight on Tuesday was stipulated in the deal agreed on by the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany last week during negotiations in Minsk. Ukrainian Army has to withdraw weaponry from the existing line of contact, while the militias have to pull artillery back from the line agreed on last September. Ceasefire, constitutional changes in Ukraine and prisoner swaps are also included in the agreement.
Overall, the ceasefire is holding, in spite of particular violations, the conflicting sides said.
