KIEV (Sputnik) – The withdrawal of heavy weaponry should occur after the signing of a document and then “only two days after the signing if there is a full ceasefire,” tanks should be withdrawn, Yevheniy Marchuk was quoted by Ukrainskaya Pravda news portal as saying.
“That side [DPR and LPR] proposes to pull out all types of weapons from the line of contact simultaneously. The Ukrainian side insists on a gradual withdrawal, starting with tanks first, then artillery, and then shells. The discussion is difficult and based on mutual distrust from both sides and modern military practice,” Yevheniy Marchuk was quoted by Ukrainskaya Pravda news portal as saying.
The OSCE monitoring mission was deployed to southeastern Ukraine to observe the implementation of peace agreements reached in the Belarusian capital of Minsk with mediation by Russia, France and Germany first in September 2014 and then in February 2015.
