Donetsk, Mar 25 - DAN. Donetsk People’s Republic militia shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle launched by the Kiev army to adjust fire at the south of the Republic, DPR People’s Militia deputy commander Eduard Basurin said on Thursday.
“36th Brigade gunmen, at the order of war criminal Andrey Gnatov, delivered fire with 120mm mortars at the Novaya Tavriya village on the Mariupol axis, expending ten rounds. The gunmen attempted to use an unmanned aerial vehicle to adjust mortar fire, in order to cause maximum damage,” Basurin said. “The enemy drone was spotted on time and shot down thanks to our militiamen’s teamwork.”
The mortar strike at southern DPR was delivered on March 24 afternoon. According to the DPR Office at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC), the area came under fire half an hour before noon, local time (coincides with Moscow time).*jk