The opponents of the Ukrainian army have withdrawn from the village of Shyrokyne, near Mariupol, and the area is being demined, Ukrainian Presidential Administration spokesman, Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, has said.

"The Ukrainian Armed Forces have taken full control of the village. The territory is being cleaned up and demined," he said at a press briefing in Kyiv, on Thursday.

Under the Minsk agreements, Shyrokyne must be controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Motuzyanyk said.