Ukrainian UAV was shot down in Donetsk

1 People’s militia of the DPR prevented a drone air attack in the Tekstilshchik district, in the city of Donetsk. This was stated by the head of the press service of the Department of the People’s Militia — Daniel Bezsonov. “Ukrainian troops from the 24th brigade launched a drone. The enemy UAV was shot down by our air defense forces» — Daniel Bezsonov explained. According to him, this incident occurred in the city district Tekstilshchik. In the morning, the Muslims of Donbass were going to celebrate Uraza-Bayram in that area.

2 In 4th of June, at 7:40, the Ukrainian troops opened 82mm mortar fire from the village of Peski at the Oktyabrsky city district of the city of Donetsk. As a result of the shelling — the dome of the local mosque was damaged.

3 On the eve of the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk, the Ukrainian troops carried out yet another provocation in the area of the checkpoint “Stanitsa Luganskaya”. This time it was an ideological provocation. Right before the positions of the Ukrainian military at the checkpoint of “Stanitsa Luganskaya”, the flag of the Lugansk People’s Republic was laid out on the floor. Thus the local residents were forced to step on it. Such actions are aimed at the destabilization of the situation in the region, and aimed to disrupt the negotiations of the Tripartite Contact Group in Minsk — said the officer of the press service of the People’s Militia Department of the LPR, Ivan Filiponenko.

4 The representatives from the LPR and Ukraine, during a meeting of the Contact Group in Minsk, confirmed their readiness to withdraw military forces from the ‘area No. 1’, near the Village of Luganskaya, on 10th of June. This was announced by the authorized representative of the LPR at the negotiations in the Belarusian capital, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic — Vladislav Deinego.

5 Ukrainian troops intensified the activity of the EW groups in order to impede the flight of the OSCE drones in Donbass — Daniel Bezsonov, the head of the press service of the People’s Militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic, told to the reporters on Tuesday.