Ukrainian security officials are preparing a provocation in Donbass using a drone, a representative of the People’s Militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic told reporters on Sunday.
“According to our intelligence, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is planning provocations in the Donetsk direction. For their implementation, the commander of the 72nd brigade ordered the preparation of an unmanned aerial vehicle of the quadrocopter type equipped with an improvised explosive device filled with an incendiary mixture. It is planned to use a vehicle with the JCCC logo to transport the UAV crew”, – said the representative of the People’s Militia of the DPR.
In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, which declared independence after the coup d’etat in Kiev in February 2014. According to the latest UN data, about 13 thousand people became victims of the conflict. The issue of resolving the situation in Donbass is being discussed, among other things, during the meetings in Minsk of the contact group, which since September 2014 has already adopted three documents regulating steps to de-escalate the conflict. However, even after the armistice agreements between the parties to the conflict, shootings continue.