Kiev Forces Say Shot Down Orlan-10 Drone In Donbas

The Ukrainian forces said Tuesday in a statement that they had shot down an Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the country's eastern region of Donbas.

KIEV (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 20th November, 2018) The Ukrainian forces said Tuesday in a statement that they had shot down an Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the country's eastern region of Donbas.

The Kiev forces said that the UAV discovered on Monday was collecting intelligence information on the Bakhmut-Kostiantynivka-Ocheretine route.

"After confirming the operation of the drone by the air defense radars ... the target was destroyed by the air defense fire unit of the Ukrainian Air Force of the Joint Forces," the statement reads.

The Ukrainian forces added that the drone was allegedly produced in Russia.

The conflict in Donbas started in 2014, when Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics that refused to recognize the new government in Kiev, which came to power after what they considered to be a coup. In 2015, a ceasefire agreement brokered by the leaders of the Normandy Four group (France, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine) was reached in Minsk, but the situation has remained tense.