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The drone sighted in the sky over the combat zone, not far from the dividing line in Donbas was shot down after its identification, the Ukrainian military said.

It said that an unmanned aerial vehicle was discovered in the sky near the conflict line on Feb. 8, at around 7 p.m. After identifying the object and obtaining proof that the aerial vehicle belonged neither to the Ukraine army, nor to the international organizations monitoring the situation near the dividing line, it was decided to destroy it.

“The object was destroyed in a small arms strike,” the Ukrainian military press center said in a statement.