A serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the demarcation line in DonbasLUHANSK, Jan 28 People's Militia of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic for a week recorded the work of electronic warfare stations (EW) of Ukrainian security forces in the area of five settlements controlled by Kiev in the Donbass, Ivan Filiponenko, the official representative of the defense department of the LPR, said at a briefing on Friday. interfere with the work of drones of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) near the line of contact in order to hide the deployment of weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements.The main question of world politics: do the Russians want wars?» In order to prevent the opening of military equipment deployed in violation of the Minsk agreements, units of the armed formations of Ukraine continue to create obstacles to the work of unmanned aerial vehicles of the OSCE SMM,» Filiponenko said. According to him, the Ukrainian military used the Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station in the area of Kyiv-controlled settlements of Kryakovka, Orekhovo-Donetsk, Artema, Bolotnoe and partially Ukrainian-controlled Zolotoy near the line of contact in Donbass.
In the West, they talked about Putin's «frightening» distinctive feature «OSCE observers have repeatedly stated in official reports about the suppression of the control channels of their UAVs over the territory controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of these settlements,» the official representative of the department added. In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities began military operation against the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, which declared independence after the coup 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, including during meetings of the contact group. However, even after the ceasefire agreements, skirmishes continue, in the DPR they announced the shelling of residential areas by Ukrainian heavy artillery. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements and drags out negotiations to resolve the conflict. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Kiev sent half of the entire personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine to the Donbass. Moscow expressed concern about the transfer of military equipment from NATO countries to the Russian borders and the increase in the number of Western instructors in the Donbass. Western countries continue to provide military support to Ukraine, including by supplying weapons that are used in the Donbass. Russia to Ukraine
