KIEV, Ukraine – Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine said Tuesday they have begun a large-scale pullback of heavy weapons in line with an international peace plan that aims to form a wide buffer zone between separatists’ and Ukrainian forces’ artillery.
The claim by Eduard Basurin, a top rebel commander, couldn’t immediately be confirmed. Michael Bociurkiw, a spokesman for the observer mission that is monitoring the fighting in eastern Ukraine, said he couldn’t comment until receiving monitors’ reports at the end of the day.
The peace plan that was signed Feb. 15 calls for heavy weapons to be pulled back by each side …read more
Source: Macleans
