In a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russians will also indirectly confront… Turkey, ie the modern Turkish Bayraktar TBT 2 unmanned aircraft.
As Western leaders try to prevent a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country’s Air Force colonels praise the modern Aggressive Turkish drones Bayraktar TBT 2 they have in their arsenal.
“The Bayraktar drone provides precision targeting to the artillery to destroy a convoy of tanks. “It’s a quality drone that does everything in real time in an automated system,” Lt. Col. Yuri Ignaty, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, told Al Monitor during an exclusive 70-minute interview.
“The drone will show the coordinates, and literally three seconds later the decision will be made to suppress and destroy the advancing troops. The drone is a weapon. The drone is a spy. “It gives Ukraine a new, qualitative advantage over the enemy,” he said.
“The drones make it more difficult for the Russians (s.s. the invasion),” said the colonel who directs the Ukrainian army’s drones program.
The colonel, who spoke to Al Monitor on condition of anonymity, said he spent three months training with other Ukrainian air force officers in 2019 at a facility in western Turkey owned by Baykar Makina, the private Turkish company that produces drones, and is headed by Selcuk Bayraktar, a favorite son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “I liked it there,” said the colonel.
“Overall, Ukraine has about 20 Bayraktar unmanned aircraft“but we will not stop there,” Ignatius promised.
But his colleague, speaking on condition of anonymity, revealed that Ukraine paid $ 60 million for an initial batch of six drones he bought in 2018 and received a “30% discount” on another six he has since acquired. “We want as many Turkish drones as we can get,” said the colonel in charge of the drones program.
It is noted that the Erdogan government and the Ukrainian government Zelensky have excellent cooperation, causing annoyance to Moscow, as the Turkish president has made it clear that he will not recognize the annexation of Crimea by the Russians. After all, Turkish drones appear to have played a crucial role in the Azeris’ victory over the Armenian rebels in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020.
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