Residents of Zolote-4 have sent a desperate plea to President Volodymyr Zelensky asking him to halt the planned withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from their town in the Luhansk oblast. Their letter coincides with claims from Russia that it is not a party to the conflict and cannot guarantee the withdrawal of the Russian and Russian-controlled, armed and financed militants. The withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Petrivske in Donetsk oblast and Zolote in Luhansk oblast had been scheduled for October 7, but was halted because of ongoing shelling.
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Halya Coynash: Donbas residents beg Zelensky not to withdraw Ukrainian forces
A woman walks her children home from school in the frontline town of Zolote, eastern Ukraine, on Sept. 11, 2019. In the town, Ukrainian and Russian-backed military positions are sometimes as close as 50 meters from each other.
