Troop withdrawals in eastern Ukraine to start on Saturday - OSCE

Troop withdrawals in a village in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine will begin on Saturday at 1000 GMT, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said in a statement.

Ukraine and Russian-backed separatist rebels have agreed to phase troop withdrawals as a confidence-building measure that could pave the way for a four-way summit between Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany on the Donbas conflict.

The Kyiv government has said that the third such withdrawal, in the village of Petrivske that is due to take place on Saturday, would mean that Ukraine has fulfilled all necessary conditions from its side for such a summit to take place.

Also Read: EXCLUSIVE-Son of producer who worked with Ukraine's president gets senior government job