Russia estimates the beginning of troop withdrawal in Zolotoye (the Donbass) positively, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said.
“We estimate this process positively, it is positive. But, as I said, we need to wait for it to be completed in order to give any final assessments”, – Rudenko told the reporters.
Earlier, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadim Pristayko said that on Tuesday in Zolotoy, the process of troop withdrawal between the Ukrainian security forces and militias began, and Petrovskoye was supposed to be the next. The headquarters of the operation of the Ukrainian security forces confirmed that at 13:00 Moscow time on Tuesday, the process of force withdrawal from the contact line in the Donbass in Zolotoy area began.