KIEV, Ukraine, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- The Ukrainian army said Thursday it was withdrawing heavy weapons from the front lines of its conflict with pro-Russian separatists.
The move to pull back 100-millimeter artillery, monitored by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, was specified in a cease-fire agreement signed Feb. 12, with a Feb. 15 date specified for withdrawal. Pro-Russian rebels said they, too, had begun moving heavy weaponry back from a de facto line of demarcation through eastern Ukraine, a statement not verified by OSCE monitors.