The rollback of Ukrainian troops stationed in the Donbas has been postponed due to Russia’s continued defiance of the ceasefire, Yuriy Kostiuk, deputy head of the President’s Office told Hromadske news organization.

The announcement of the rollbacks was regarded with similar alarm to the recently signed Steinmeier Formula, a controversial plan for peace embraced by President Volodymyr Zelensky, prompting protests called “No Capitulation” marches in Kyiv. Many critics view a rollback as a surrender to Russian-backed forces.