18:34 03.10.2016

Militants disrupt withdrawal of forces near Petrivske

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Militants disrupt withdrawal of forces near Petrivske

The withdrawal of contingent and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was disrupted due to the fault of the enemy near the populated locality of Petrivske, Donetsk region, the Mariupol sector, on Monday, a representative of the anti-terrorist operation' headquarters Ivan Arefyev told Interfax-Ukraine.

"The Ukrainian servicemen were fully ready for the withdrawal near Petrivske at 3.00 p.m. The representatives of the OSCE monitoring mission, the Ukrainian side of the Joint Center for Coordination and Contrtl and the Mariupol sector command were present at the site. The enemy launched an unmanned aerial vehicle exactly at 3.00 p.m., and the Ukrainian side launched none. The shelling of the anti-terrorist operation forces began at 4.00 p.m. Thus, the Russian occupation troops disrupted the withdrawal of forces and equipment," he told Interfax-Ukraine.

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