Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps is leaving the Joint Forces Group and will form the core of the newly created Center Group of Forces, spokesman Viktor Trehubov said.

Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps is leaving the Joint Forces Group and will form the core of the newly created Center Group of Forces, spokesman Viktor Trehubov said. The formation will establish its own area of responsibility covering the Lyman axis and most of Donetsk region. Trehubov said the main active combat zones in Donetsk region will effectively be divided between the Center Group in the east and Azov in the south.