Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has officially authorized the OSCE mission in Ukraine to deploy drones in order to monitor compliance with the ceasefire terms agreed last week between the government and the self-proclaimed eastern republics.

“In order to keep the conditions of the ceasefire, the Ukrainian President and OSCE Chairperson Didier Burkhalter agreed on the matter of a substantial increase in the amount of technical equipment used for monitoring and verification,” said a statement on Petro Poroshenko’s official website, following a telephone conversation between the two officials.