Ukraine's Luhansk republic completes heavy weapons withdrawal from contact line — militias

LUHANSK, March 2. /TASS/. The militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) in the south-east of Ukraine has completed the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the contact line, deputy chief of staff of the LPR people’s militia corps Igor Yashchenko said on Monday.

According to him, "As of March 1, all units of LPR people’s militia have completed the withdrawal of heavy weapons and equipment in accordance with the Minsk agreement."

"All heavy weapons have been withdrawal from the line specified in the Minsk agreements." The withdrawal was monitored by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) representatives and media, he said.