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Ukraine's military readies to pull back big guns after fall-off in separatist fire

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22-09-2014 | 06:27

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Ukrainian government forces prepared on Monday to withdraw artillery and heavy armoured vehicles within a proposed 30-km (19-mile) buffer zone after detecting a lessening of fire from Russian-backed separatists, a military spokesman said.

The spokesman, Andri Lysenko, told journalists two Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in the past 24 hours despite the Sept. 5 ceasefire, but that separatist artillery attacks had diminished and there had been no firing from Russian territory.

These factors allowed Ukraine to begin implementing an agreement, reached between Ukrainian and Russian envoys with separatists last Friday, under which the warring sides would pull artillery and other heavy equipment 15 km back on either side of their battle-line to create a buffer zone.

Earlier on Monday, Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said NATO member Poland is ready to sell arms to Ukraine if there is demand.

"I confirm that the Polish defense industry is interested in this direction," Siemoniak told private radio station Zet. "There are several products that may be interesting for Ukraine."

"If only there is a will and a readiness to purchase any elements of armaments in Poland, then Polish factories dream of nothing else but exports," he also said.

NATO officials have said the alliance will not send weapons to Ukraine, which is not a member state, but they have also said individual allies may choose to do so.

Russia is fiercely opposed to closer ties between Ukraine and the NATO alliance.

The Ukrainian military accused separatists and Russian troops on Sunday of continuing to shoot at government forces despite a Sept. 5 ceasefire. The rebels have blamed Kiev's forces for the outbreaks of fighting.

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