During the shelling of Donetsk filter plant (DFP), the AFU units shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle of the OSCE mission in the morning. This was reported by the operational command of the Donetsk People's Republic. 

‘At 9:45, the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine) opened fire on the area of the DFP. At this point, in the «Gospodar» market area near the plant, the OSCE launched a drone to assess the overall situation. In a matter of minutes, it was shot down by the Ukrainian side,’ said a representative of the operational command. 

The DPR command added that, by such actions, the Ukrainian side ‘purposefully disrupted the inspection at the Donetsk filtration plant’. 

Today, the clearance of the DFP was to have started, but due to the frequent shelling, the the OSCE was not able to guarantee the safety of the work. A column of the OSCE and the DPR Emergency Ministry vehicles returned from the area of the filter plant.