Ukrainian government forces will pull out small-caliber weapons from the war-torn east in two days’ time if the current cease-fire holds, the defense minister said on Thursday.
A military conflict between government forces and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine has been raging since April 2014, leaving more than 8,000 people dead and 2 million displaced.
Russia, Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Tuesday agreed on the withdrawal of tanks and other weapons from the front line, with rebel leaders in Donetsk and Luhansk signing on to the agreement on Wednesday.
The deal reached Tuesday in Minsk, Belarus, by …read more
Source: Voice of America
