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Kiev Begins Second Stage of Withdrawing Heavy Arms in East Ukraine

© REUTERS / Gleb GaranichUkrainian servicemen walk past armoured personnel carriers, military vehicles and cannons at their new position as they pull back from the Horlivka region, near Druzhkivka, eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian servicemen walk past armoured personnel carriers, military vehicles and cannons at their new position as they pull back from the Horlivka region, near Druzhkivka, eastern Ukraine - Sputnik International
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Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko stated that the second stage of of withdrawing heavy artillery from the the contact line began.

A Ukrainian military convoy is pictured through a barbed wire fence at a military base in the town of Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine - Sputnik International
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KIEV (Sputnik) – The Ukrainian military has begun its second stage of withdrawing heavy artillery from the frontlines in the country’s east, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said Wednesday.

“Trucks are being readied to withdraw [heavy artillery] so now the second stage has begun,” Lysenko said during a briefing in Kiev.

Earlier in the day, Ukraine’s special operations press center said that Kiev was preparing to start the withdrawal of heavy arms.

“Ukrainian fighters are continuing to fortify defense lines and preparing for the second stage of redeploying artillery systems to a certain distance during the international agreements,” the press center said.

Ukrainian artillery is at a position outside of the village of Luhanske, some 20 kilometers (14 miles) north of Debaltseve, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The Ukrainian military began its first stage on February 26.

On Sunday, Ukraine's self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk said they had completed the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact.

Weapons pullback is embedded in the Minsk peace accord hammered out by the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine on February 12. Alongside heavy weaponry withdrawal, the agreement includes an all-for-all prisoner exchange and the ceasefire that came into force on February 15.

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