The withdrawal of artillery monitored from space

February 13, 2015

Space monitoring of artillery withdrawal

Monitoring of withdrawal of heavy artillery in zone of anti-terrorist operation will be conducted in three ways: visual, using drones and space communication facilities.

Spokesperson of anti-terrorist operation colonel Andriy Lysenko reported this on Friday, February 13 during traditional press briefing.

He explained that according to Minsk agreements, heavy military equipment and artillery with caliber more than 100 mm must be withdrew from the demarcation line all over the conflict zone.

The ceasefire regime starts on 00.00 February 15. The simultaneous withdrawal of heavy military equipment should take place on the second day after its announcement under supervision of international OSCE group and representatives of trilateral contact group which includes representatives of Ukrainian and Russian Armed Forces.

Source: unian.ua