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DPR Heavy Artillery to Remain at Donetsk Airport - Deputy Commander

© REUTERS / Baz RatnerA fighter with the independence supporters of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Army uses a pair of binoculars at a checkpoint on the road from the town of Vuhlehirsk to Debaltseve February 18, 2015
A fighter with the independence supporters of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Army uses a pair of binoculars at a checkpoint on the road from the town of Vuhlehirsk to Debaltseve February 18, 2015 - Sputnik International
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DPR heavy artillery will remain in the area of the Donetsk Airport since Kiev forces are continuing to fire in the area. On Thursday, 20 ceasefire breaches were registered, DPR forces deputy commander said.

Members of the Ukrainian armed forces and armoured personnel carriers are seen preparing to move as they pull back from Debaltseve region, near Artemivsk - Sputnik International
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DONETSK (Sputnik) – Eastern Ukraine's self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) is withdrawing heavy artillery exclusively in areas where a complete ceasefire is being observed, the DPR’s militia deputy commander said Friday.

DPR Militia Deputy Commander Eduard Basurin said heavy artillery would remain in the area of the Donetsk Airport since Kiev forces are continuing to fire in the area.

“Weapons will remain in the area of the Donetsk Airport because shots are still being registered coming from Ukrainian forces,” Basurin said.

He added that 20 ceasefire breaches were registered on Thursday.

Ukraine's warring sides agreed on an urgent ceasefire deal and drawback of heavy weaponry from the contact line earlier in February, after a previous ceasefire agreement, signed in September last year, had been routinely broken.

The Donetsk Airport, a strategically important site, has seen some of the worst clashes between local militia and Ukrainian military since the beginning of the armed conflict in Ukraine's southeast in last April. The building has been completely destroyed by heavy fighting.

In January, Ukraine’s Mirror Weekly newspaper uncovered that the airport, where Kiev carried out a major operation earlier in the month, should have been transferred to the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in accordance with existing peace agreements.

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