Electromagnetic warfare staff errors lose Ukrainian paratroopers two UAVs - Basurin

Donetsk, Feb 5 - DAN. Poor coordination between Ukrainian army units lost them two unmanned aerial vehicles in Donbass, DPR Operations Command deputy commander Eduard Basurin said on Monday.

“25th separate paratrooper brigade led by Zenchenko lost two UAVs which were put out of order by EW unit “specialists” under command of Sinozhinskiy,” Basurin said.

The equipment was lost due to lack of coordination between Ukrainian army units, he added.

Employing combat aviation and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in 30km-wide zone along the line of contact is banned under Article 7 of Minsk Memorandum dated 19 September 2014, with the exception to OSCE SMM UAVs. *jk