Donetsk People’s Republic intelligence exposes heavy artillery weapons of Ukraine in west of Donetsk

The intelligence of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has found the positions of Ukraine’s heavy weapons in the west of Donetsk, in the village of Annovka, Mariyinsky region that is under control of Ukraine’s militants, Eduard Basurin, the official representative of DPR’s Defense Ministry said today, on July 29.

 “Besides large-scale movement of the lightly armored vehicles in Novokalinino and Vernkhnetroitskoe, in the south of Kurakhovo in Annovka (20km of the engagement line), the location of the six units of   2A36 Giatsint-B 152mm field guns was identified,” Basurin said.

It is noteworthy that in conformity with the Set of Measures on the implementation of the Minsk Agreements dating back to February 12, the conflicting parties were to pull back heavy weapons from the line of engagement to create a buffer zone between them of at least 50km for artillery of 100mm caliber or more, 70km for multiple rocket systems and 140km for the heaviest rockets and missiles. Weapons are to be pulled back equal distances on both sides: Kiev from the current line of contact, while DPR and LPR - from the line registered by the Minsk Memorandum of Sept 19.