(Reuters) – Some pro-government forces began on Wednesday to pull out of the east Ukrainian town of Debaltseve which is under siege from Russian-backed separatists, commanders of pro-government paramilitary units said.
“The withdrawal of forces from Debaltseve is taking place in a planned and organized way,” said Semen Semenchenko, who heads the pro-government paramilitary battalion, Donbass.
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(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Writing By Richard Balmforth, editing by Elizabeth Piper)
