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| Ukraine crisis: Military to pull back artillery in east | |
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| Ukraine is preparing to withdraw heavy weaponry away from separatist rebel lines in the east, the military says. | |
| The two sides agreed on Saturday to set up a buffer zone in eastern Ukraine, more than a fortnight after a ceasefire came into force. | |
| Although the truce is still in place, clashes have continued around the cities of Donetsk and Mariupol. | |
| More than 3,000 people have died since fighting broke out in the two regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in April. | |
| Under the terms of the nine-point deal agreed in Belarus, both the pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian forces are to pull back their heavy artillery 15km (9.5 miles) from the line of engagement, creating a 30km buffer zone. | |
| Military aircraft are banned from flying over the conflict zone and "foreign mercenaries" are to be withdrawn on both sides. | |
| Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council spokesman Col Andriy Lysenko said pro-Russian rebels had on their part begun pulling back their heavy artillery, but it was "not as massive as we expected". | |
| He added that two servicemen had been killed in the past day. | |
| Checkpoints manned by Ukrainian forces had come under heavy shelling at Donetsk airport and near Mariupol, Ukrainian media reported on Monday. |