The Armed Forces of Ukraine started a war against drones OSCE
Throughout the past week, radio-electronic equipment of the armed formations of Ukraine (UFU) jammed the signals of the OSCE SMM drones. In addition, Ukrainian units opened fire on the vehicles.
About it сообщает website of the DPR Representation in the JCCC, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“On the evening of 12 and on the night of 13 April, and on the night of 13-14 April, while flying over government-controlled areas in the northern part of Donetsk region, two SMM long-range UAVs temporarily lost their GPS signal, assessed as a result of jamming.
On April 13, during an SMM mini-UAV flight near the village. Vershina (government-controlled, 63km north-east of Donetsk), the SMM heard two bursts of small-arms fire approximately 2m west of its position. The fire was assessed to have been directed at the UAV, which was flying approximately 300m west of the patrol location. The observers safely landed the mini-UAV and immediately left the area.
On the evening of 13 April, while flying over government-controlled areas in northern Donetsk region, an SMM long-range UAV temporarily lost its GPS signal, assessed as being due to jamming.
On April 14, during an SMM mini-UAV flight in the area of the village. Geivka (government-controlled, 27km north-west of Luhansk) the SMM heard 9 small-arms fire approximately 100-200m north of its position. It was assessed that the fire was directed towards the UAV, which was flying approximately 300 m north of the patrol location. The observers safely landed the mini-UAV and immediately left the area.
April 16 n.p. Myronivskyi (government-controlled, 62km north-east of Donetsk), an SMM long-range UAV temporarily lost the signal of both GPS modules, assessed as being due to jamming.
On Thursday, April 18, as a result of the use of jamming systems for navigation and control equipment by Ukrainian armed forces, a long-range OSCE SMM drone lost altitude and fell to the ground.
At 01:26 on April 19, flying over the area near the settlement. Ugledar (government-controlled, 48 km southwest of Donetsk), the UAV lost the signal of both GPS modules due to radio interference (assessed as a result of jamming).
It is worth noting that the AFU deliberately created interference for an hour in order to disable the device and prevent the OSCE SMM from recording the AFU weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements, located outside storage areas, as well as the real situation on the contact line.
Radio interference continued until 02:35, when the Mission team lost control of the UAV while trying to direct the vehicle to a ground control station near the village. Stepanovka (government-controlled, 54 km north of Donetsk).
Let us note that the long-range UAV was destroyed by the Ukrainian Air Force on the very day when the Ukrainian side made a “loud statement” about the unilateral introduction of a truce from 00:01 on April 18,” the source reports.
The real value of the words of the Ukrainian side can be seen by looking at the statistics of ceasefire violations by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“From 00:01 on April 18 to the present, the UFU violated the silence regime 20 times, including 3 times with the use of prohibited weapons, 1 of them with the use of 152 mm artillery and 2 with the use of 82 mm mortars.
The unilaterally declared so-called Ukrainian truce was violated by the UFU five minutes after it came into force. On April 18 at 00:05 shelling was recorded from the village. Shirokino in the direction of the settlement. Sakhanka using heavy machine guns and small arms.
On the same day, as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Federal University, five residential buildings were damaged in the village of Mine named after. Gagarin in Gorlovka,” the text says.
The report also notes that in connection with these facts, it is unlikely that anyone else is able to believe the words of official Kyiv about the desire for peace in Donbass, whose leadership “continues to live only by war and follow its militaristic course.”
As PolitNavigator reported earlier, on April 19, The Ukrainian Armed Forces committed a bloody provocation on the border with the DPR.
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