LPR fighters on the line of contact in the Luhansk regionLUHANSK, Feb 16 People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Militia republic recorded the work of electronic warfare (EW) stations of the Ukrainian security forces in the area of the city of Mikhailovka controlled by Kiev and the disputed city of Zolote, located near the line of contact in the Donbass, the press service of the defense department of the LPR told reporters. the village of Podlesnoye (about 15 km from the city of Zolote — ed.). The LPR and DPR have repeatedly stated that the Ukrainian security forces use electronic warfare to prevent the operation of drones of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in order to hide the deployment of weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements. /> The plenipotentiary representative of the LPR accused Kiev of a destructive position at the Minsk negotiations «In the areas of the settlements of Mikhailovka and Zolote, mobile groups of the 20th EW battalion (AFU — ed.) using the Bukovel-AD stations suppressed the signals of the control channels of the UAV mission of the OSCE mission» , — a representative of the press service told reporters. According to him, in this way the Ukrainian security forces tried to prevent the mission observers from finding their military equipment in these areas. In the summer of 2020, additional measures to ensure a truce came into force in Donbass. They imply a complete ban on firing, placing weapons in and near populated areas, offensive and reconnaissance and sabotage operations. In addition, they provide for disciplinary liability for violation of the ceasefire regime. Ceasefire orders containing measures to maintain it must be in effect until the conflict is fully resolved. APU
