The withdrawal of armored vehicles and weapons with calibers under 100mm began in Luhansk region on Oct. 5, press officer of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO_)in Donbas Ruslan Tkachuk said.
“A message signaling the withdrawal of armored vehicles and armaments to a distance of 15 kilometers from the contact line was received by Ukrainian Armed Forces units stationed in Sector A in the morning of October 5. So, the synchronous withdrawal of T-64 and T-72 tanks from the frontline and, in some areas, of 85mm D-48 and D-44 anti-tank guns and 82mm 2B-9 mortars began in Luhansk region at 11 a.m. today. The entire action was coordinated with members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission. Media representatives are at work,” says a report posted on the official website of Tkachuk.
