The officers of the Russian Armed Forces are instructing Russian servicemen on the territory of Donbas as to open fire on unmanned aerial vehicles of the OSCE SMM, provided they are guaranteed to be defeated, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has said.

"Military units of the Russian Armed Forces of the first and second anti-aircraft units are actively trained to combat unmanned aerial vehicles. Special attention is paid to the study of unmanned aerial vehicles used by the OSCE SMM. The officers of the Russian Armed Forces, who conduct classes, instruct the personnel to open fire on unmanned aerial vehicles of the OSCE aircraft provided they are guaranteed to be defeated and the possibility of secret evacuation," the main intelligence department reported on Facebook page on Tuesday.

Intelligence also reports that the personnel of the advanced units of the first Army Corps (Donetsk) of the Russian Armed Forces rob the civilian population at night: in addition to material values, servicemen take food that is associated with a lack of food supply.