Kyiv expects full withdrawal of militants' heavy weapons from Donbas – ATO spokesperson
Ukraine expects the Russian-backed militants to fully withdraw their heavy weapons and military hardware from the line of contact in Donbas, anti-terrorist operation (ATO) spokesman Andriy Lysenko has said.
"The set of measures to implement the Minsk agreement clearly tells us what weapons and equipment, what caliber and at what distance [the weapons] should be pulled out. If they [militants] have got certain new heavy weaponry whose caliber isn't mentioned in the documents, they should turn to the trilateral contact group so that these changes can be incorporated in due course," Lysenko said when commenting on the statements made by representatives of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic that they are preparing an additional agreement on the withdrawal of heavy weapons to be signed with Kyiv.
Lysenko said that Ukraine is looking forward to the complete withdrawal of all heavy weapons, instead of the simulation of the process.
"First, they'll have to implement the clause regarding the withdrawal of weapons rather than make provocative statements and simulate the pull-out of their equipment," he said.