SBU specialists are examining the downed Russian-made drone / Photo from SBU Security Service of Ukraine
Ukrainian troops participating in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, have downed a Russian-made unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near the village of Novoselivka in Donetsk region's Volnovakha district, according to the press center of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine.
"Terrorist groups regularly use drones in that area, violating the Minsk agreements. The intelligence service has repeatedly recorded the escalation of attacks on Ukrainian troops near the village of Hranitne [in Donetsk region's Volnovakha district] after such UAV flights," the press center said.
The downed ZALA 421-04M UAV fell to a minefield, so it took some time to retrieve the drone and deliver it to the SBU's military counterintelligence department for examination.
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