In the LNR, an artillery strike was prevented by intercepting a drone

Ukrainian military in Luhansk regionLUHANSK, Feb 8The people's militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic intercepted a drone of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which Kiev planned to use to adjust artillery fire on the territory of the LPR, Ivan Filiponenko, an official representative of the LPR defense department, said. Flights of combat aircraft and drones along the entire line of contact in Donbass are prohibited by the Minsk agreements.The head of the DPR Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Kiev had already used Western weapons in the Donbass «In the area of ​​​​the settlement of Popasnaya (under the control of Kiev. — Note ed.), the enemy launched a LELEKA-100 unmanned aerial vehicle capable of transmitting a video image in real time, determine the exact geographic coordinates, transmitting them to the fire control point and recording this information,» Filiponenko said. He specified that at the same time, the People's Militia of the LPR recorded the advancement of artillery weapons of the 24th brigade of the Ukrainian security forces to the firing positions and alerting to firing a mortar platoon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​the village of Novoaleksandrovka controlled by Kiev. The soldiers of the People's Militia of the LPR managed to suppress the signal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, intercept the drone and land it near the village of Kalinovo-Borshchevatoe. «The threat of an artillery strike has been neutralized,» Filiponenko explained.The OSCE announced the loss of two UAVs near the settlements controlled by Kiev Recently, the Ukrainian army has concentrated half of its personnel in the Donbass and regularly shells the militias, including using prohibited equipment — the Turkish strike drone Bayraktar, as well as the Smerch MLRS and «Hurricane». In addition, they have at their disposal Javelin anti-tank missile systems supplied from the United States as military assistance. Moscow has repeatedly drawn the attention of Washington and European countries that the Ukrainian authorities are trying in every possible way to sabotage the implementation of the Minsk agreements. Western countries have repeatedly announced that Russia is preparing an «invasion» of Ukraine. Moscow denies the allegations and believes that these reports serve as a pretext for deploying US and NATO troops in Eastern Europe. at the line of contact, said in the DPR