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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on November 10, 2019, 05:11:02 am
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Ukrainian forces, Russian-backed separatists begin pullback in war-torn Donbass
Melissa Leon
Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists began pulling back from a war-torn village in the Donbass region on Saturday, a significant move that could set the stage for a later summit between Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany in a bid to restore peace to the war-torn area.
Armed conflict between rebels backed by Moscow and Ukraine has been ongoing since 2014. More than 13,000 people have died to date, including thousands of civilians. More than 1.4 million Ukrainians have been displaced and nearly one million more have fled the country due to the unrest.
Both sides started to retreat from the frontlines in Petrivske at midday on Saturday, according to Ukraine military spokesman Andrei Andreev and the rebel news agency DAN.
Read more at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-russia-separatists-pullback (https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-russia-separatists-pullback)