For the sixth week in a row, an unmanned aerial vehicle of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission was targeted by small-arms fire.
On March 10, near non-government-controlled Ternove, armed men fired on the OSCE-operated UAV, preventing technical monitoring and endangering SMM UAV operators, that's according to a report the Mission posted on Twitter.
#OSCE’s Hug: For the 6th week in a row, SMM UAV was targeted by small-arms fire; on 10 March, near non-govt-ctrl Ternove, armed men fired on UAV, preventing technical monitoring and endangering SMM UAV operators. #supportSMMpic.twitter.com/mlT7dIXWej
— OSCE SMM Ukraine (@OSCE_SMM) March 16, 2018
As UNIAN reported earlier, on March 5 at 12:55, an armed militant confronted an SMM patrol consisting of two armored vehicles and pointed his assault rifle directly at the first vehicle, ordering that the patrol leave.
Russia has strengthened its military presence on the border with Ukraine as several mechanized divisions are fully prepared for intervention, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said, speaking before the Ukrainian troops in Luhansk region Friday
The next meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on Ukraine settlement in Minsk is scheduled for April 4.
