Ukraine: withdrawal of heavy weapons and the risk of a "new escalation" Military

The pro-Russian separatists Eastern Ukrainian continuing the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line without managing to reassure Ukrainians.

Kiev does not believe the withdrawal. The spokesman of the Ukrainian army, Andrii Lysenko, denounced a "redeployment of enemy forces" and reported three soldiers killed Friday.

Even if they observe on the ground the first separatist movements such as withdrawal of the Ukrainians, the observers of the OSCE are also worried. At a meeting of the UN Security Council, the President of the Contact Group, Heidi Tagliavini, said on Friday, "the risk of further escalation" military. The Special Representative of the OSCE for Ukraine, Ertugrul Apakan, also present via video conference at the meeting of the Security Council, has, meanwhile, nuanced concerns of a new spiral of violence and reported signs encouraging.

"Combat operations have decreased significantly throughout the conflict zone, although clashes occurred around Donetsk airport and not far from Mariupol" he has said. "We also indications that both parties are starting to implement the Minsk agreements."

The pro-Russian separatists have gained ground in the Ukrainian forces after the cease-fire signed in Minsk on February 15 and worry today is Mariupol port in the southeast of Ukraine.

The West suspects Moscow of arming and exploit the separatists to open a land route to the Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in March. British Foreign Minister, Philip Hammond, told Friday that Moscow "did not fulfill its obligations under the Minsk agreements."