Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that if militants violate the truce, Ukraine will redeploy its weapons and equipments immediately.

"Be in no doubt that we are removing our weapons and equipment under a special thought-through plan. This plan stipulates their instant redeployment if Russians and their mercenaries decide to violate the truce," the president said in his address to the Ukrainian people.

He added that the Ukrainian army knows how to respond to such threats promptly, as it has demonstrated on several occasions.