The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has reported there was an attempt to shoot down its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic ("DPR").
"On the morning of October 23, positioned on Kobrynskoi Street in the Trudivski area of 'DPR'-controlled Donetsk city's Petrovskyi district (15km south-west of Donetsk city centre), the SMM heard four-five bursts of small-arms fire 50-100m east of its position – in the area where the SMM was flying a mini UAV. The SMM assessed the shots as aimed at the UAV, which the SMM landed safely," the OSCE SMM said in its update based on information received as of 19:30 local time on October 23.
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The SMM decided not to conduct the second UAV flight.