It is reported by the Donetsk news agency.

“The air defense units of the NM DPR continue to effectively ensure the republic’s security against airborne threats. Yesterday, another UAV of the “Phantom” type, which was used by militants of the 53rd brigade to conduct reconnaissance, was destroyed in the area of ​​the settlement of Horlivka, ”the report said.

At the same time, the People’s Militia emphasized that over the past week this is the fourth Ukrainian drone shot down as a result of the actions of the DPR military personnel.

Earlier, an officer of the press service of the People’s Police Directorate of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic, Ivan Filiponenko, said that the militia had shot down four UAV drones near the contact line.

On July 17, members of the Donbass contact group agreed on a new indefinite truce, which began on the 21st.

Ukrainian political scientist Vadim Karasev, director of the Institute of Global Strategies in an interview with the NSN, assessed the likelihood of progress in the Minsk process from Kiev.