Troops begin pullout in eastern Ukraine
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Ukrainian officials and Russian-backed separatists have announced they are pulling back troops from a key front line area in Ukraine’s war-torn east, a step they hope will unblock a stalled peace process
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MOVES TOWARDS PEACE
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Apr 2019: Volodymyr Zelenskiy (right) elected president of Ukraine on pledge to end five-year war in east
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Jun: Ukrainian troops and separatists withdraw 1km from front line town of Stanytsia Luhanska
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Sep: Russia and Ukraine complete long-awaited prisoner swap
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Oct 1: Ukraine, Russia and separatists agree deal to give special status to separatist-held parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions
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Oct 29: Ukrainian and separatist forces begin withdrawing from Zolote
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Nov: Pullback is precondition for talks between Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladmir Putin (top right), mediated by France and Germany
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RUSSIA
Kiev
UKRAINE
Crimea
Russian control
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RUSSIA
LUHANSK REGION
Stanytsia Luhanska 
Zolote
Luhansk 
Horlivka
Donetsk
Taganrog 
Area held by pro-Russian separatists
DONETSK REGION
Line of contact
UKRAINE
Dnipro
Zaporozhye
Mariupol
Petrivske: Withdrawal due once troops have left Zolote
Berdyansk

50km  30 miles

Rostov- on-Don
Sea of Azov
Disengagement areas

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Sources: Associated Press, BBC, OSCE
Pictures: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS