OSCE promises to deliver drones to its mission in Ukraine in month’s period

World October 01, 2014, 1:15

Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine said these drones would have no weapons and would be used by the mission as additional monitoring instruments

KIEV, September 30. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukraine may receive unmanned aerial vehicles from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in a span of one month, Alexander Hug, Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, said on Tuesday in Dnepropetrovsk.

He said these drones would have no weapons and would be used by the mission as additional monitoring instruments, along with car and dismounted patrols.

He said drones would be imported to Ukraine from other countries and the OSCE would come out with a special statement as soon as it began their use.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko said that the OSCE was delaying the delivery of drones.

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