Russian envoy expects OSCE Permanent Council to decide on sending drones to Ukrainian truce zone
MOSCOW. Oct 28 (Interfax) - A political decision to send unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to Ukraine on a truce-monitoring mission may be made by the OSCE Permanent Council but this will not happen in the near future, Russian Permanent Representative to the OSCE Andrei Kelin said.
"Coordination and approval procedures will be required. I do not know so far how this will be done in the end but there are two options - it can be a decision by the Contact Group [for Ukraine] or a decision by the OSCE Permanent Council. We are working on the Permanent Council's option now," he told Interfax on Tuesday.
Kelin does not expect a decision will be made in the near future.
"Such deadlines have been set but they are unrealistic. Considering the current state of affairs, I think this cannot be done for now," he said, answering a question on whether the decision to send the drones to Ukraine might be made within days.
