Bayraktar drones in Ukraine perform, in particular, combat missions, said the lieutenant general.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told how Turkish Bayraktar drones are used in our country / illustrative photo UNIAN
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Valery Zaluzhny , called outdated the information that Bayraktar combat drones bought in Turkey were in warehouses.
He said this in an exclusive interview with Radio Svoboda .
“As of now, the Bayraktars are where they need to be and where they need to be the most. Therefore, there are none in the warehouses today. They are scattered around the airfields and perform tasks, including combat.” said Zaluzhny.
Asked if they could also be on the front line, the commander-in-chief replied: “Where necessary.”
Ukraine received Turkish drones in 2019, and they began to test .
We will remind, on September 9 the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Kuleba declared that in Ukraine there will be a plant for production of the Turkish Bayraktar drones .
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine also said that our country and Turkey have a project related to the production of ships for the Ukrainian Navy.
(C)UNIAN 2021