Ukrainian forces' withdrawal at Bohdanivka-Petrivske sector to be completed by Oct 9

Ukrainian Armed Forces units started to withdraw from the contact line between the villages of Bohdanivka and Petrivske in Donetsk region on Friday, October 7, and are expected to complete this process on Sunday, October 9, the head of the Donetsk Region Military-Civilian Administration, Pavlo Zhebrivsky, said.

"As for the disengagement of forces at the Bohdanivka-Petrivske sector of the frontline, it is the only area where the troops withdrawal process has begun. Under the agreements, the forces are supposed to be pulled back to a distance of one kilometer on each side by Sunday," Zhebrivsky said on his Facebook account on Friday.