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PETRIVSKE (DONETSK REGION) – Russia-controlled forces in Donetsk region has signaled their readiness to start the disengagement in the last pilot sector near the contact line in Donbas.

The Russia-backed troops in Petrivske launched a white flare, signaling their readiness for the start of disengagement, an Interfax correspondent reported.

Ukrainian troops confirmed their readiness for it by launching a white flare in return.

The disengagement of forces by the parties to the Donbas conflict is one of the conditions of a Normandy Four summit.