Ukraine is ready to withdraw weapons with a caliber of less than 100mm from the contact line as soon as the OSCE Special Security Mission (SMM) confirms a 48-hour ceasefire in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone, spokesman of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Vladyslav Selezniov told Interfax-Ukraine.
“For the past 24 hours from 12 a.m. on Oct. 1 there were no shell attacks registered in the ATO zone. Beginning from 12 a.m. of Oct. 2 and as of the current moment of 9.55 a.m., no reports of shell attacks arrived, so the situation in the military operation area is stable…We’re waiting for a signal from the OSCE SMM, which will determine the starting-point of the 48-hour count down,” he told the agency on Oct. 2.
Selezniov stressed that Ukraine has finished preparatory work on the withdrawal of weapons with a caliber of less than 100mm.
“The first stage is Luhansk region, starting with tanks, the second phase is artillery with a caliber smaller than 100mm, and finally – mortars with caliber smaller than 120 mm,” he said.
