“The carrier was timely detected by our observers. The enemy's drone was fired from small arms, as a result of which a detonation of an explosive device in the air took place, ”the Donetsk News Agency quoted Bezsonova as saying.
He noted that the DPR servicemen later shot down another drone raised into the air "to adjust the mortar fire in residential areas of the Kievsky district of Donetsk."
In April, it was reported that a UAV Ukrainian security officials had been shot down in the LPR.