OSCE drone comes under fire in Donbas
An OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) drone was attacked at in the territory of the Donbas which is not under Ukraine’s control, according to a mission report published on Friday, November 2. The OSCE drone came under small arms fire when flying over the southern outskirts of the town of Zhovte.
“According to the mission’s assessment, small arms fire was again directed at the SMM unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). While conducting a mini-UAV flight in the southern outskirts of Zhovte, the SMM heard 40 small-arms shots about 2km north-northwest of its position, in the area of the UAV’s flight, and assessed it as aimed at the UAV. The SMM landed the UAV without damage and left the area,” reads the message.
The first assault on a UAV of the OSCE SMM was on the night of October 27 when the UAV lost contact while observing a convoy of trucks near a Russian border. Later, France and Germany blamed Russia and the pro-Russian militants for the destruction of the drone.