UKRAINIAN anti-fascist forces began pulling back lighter military vehicles from front lines yesterday, as Kiev forces repeatedly breached a ceasefire.

Forces in the eastern Donetsk and Lughansk regions — collectively called the Donbass — said they were moving tanks and other armoured vehicles with weapons of less than four-inch calibre back two miles from the front line with Kiev coup regime forces.

Donetsk Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko said on Saturday that his forces were ready to withdraw along the line except in “problem areas.”