Ukrainian army units in Donbas will not fully withdraw heavy weapons as there is no indication that the militants have done the same, Andriy Lysenko, a representative of the headquarters for the military operation in eastern Ukraine, said.
“We will not fully withdraw our weapons now because we have no confirmation that the enemy has done that. For this reason, [it is unacceptable] to bare the front line, where heavy infantry weapons are present that can be used to temporarily stop forces on the offensive to make it possible to bring our artillery to the frontline […] It would be wrong and criminal to leave our troops without any cover at all,” Lysenko told a briefing in Kyiv on March 11.
