OSCE to use video cameras, drones to monitor overnight ceasefire violations in Donbas - Hug

13:14, 18.02.2016 1 min read

Members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) will not go on night patrol missions but will obtain information by use of video cameras and drones, OSCE SMM Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug said on Wednesday.

OSCE SMM monitors maintain physical presence at 13 posts to provide stationary observation day and night, Hug said.

Their activity will be supported by gadgets, including video surveillance cameras and drones. A camera installed in Shyrokyne has recorded overnight fighting in Kominternove and Shyrokyne, Hug said, replying to a question about the possibility of overnight patrols.

He said he was expecting the Joint Center for Control and Coordination to provide security of OSCE monitors and property.