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OSCE to Visit Areas With Withdrawn DPR Heavy Artillery

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OSCE’s Ukrainian mission is scheduled to visit the areas where the eastern Ukrainian self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic has stationed its heavy artillery after its withdraw from the line of contact.

Members of the Ukrainian armed forces ride on a military vehicle near Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine February 14, 2015 - Sputnik International
Better Late Than Never: Kiev Withdraws All Heavy Arms in Donbas - Minister
DONETSK (Sputnik) The Organization for Security and Co-operation of Europe (OSCE) mission to Ukraine will inspect on Thursday the eastern Ukrainian self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) heavy artillery, where it is currently stationed following a withdrawal from the line of contact, a source in the DPR's militia headquarters said.

"Yes, observers from the OSCE mission plan to visit the areas today where the heavy artillery has been stationed after its withdraw from the line of contact," the source said.

East Ukraine's breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk reported they completed the pullout of heavy artillery from line of contact on March 1, in compliance with Minsk agreements toward Ukrainian reconciliation.

On Wednesday, Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak announced that Kiev has also withdrawn all of its heavy weaponry.

The arms withdrawal and establishment of the buffer zone was one of the key points of the agreement signed between Kiev forces and independence supporters in February in the Belarus capital. Along with the pullout, the deal included the implementation of a February 15 ceasefire.

Kiev forces launched a military operation against pro-independence fighters in the east of Ukraine in April 2014.

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