Ukraine Crisis Update: March 12, 2015
March 12, 2015 - Hugo Spaulding![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Ukraine%20SITREP%203-12-15_Approved_hi_sq_1.png?itok=C9v4EdaC)
While Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced that both the separatists and Ukrainian Anti-Terror Operation (ATO) forces had withdrawn a large amount of heavy weaponry in accordance with the February 12 ceasefire agreement, shelling and clashes persisted in several key areas across the frontline.