Kyiv.Ukraine.Ukraine Gate-October 27,2021- A clash occurred with a hostile target in the area of operations of the joint forces.
“Today, October 26, by order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant-General Valery Zaluzhny, a Bayraktar reconnaissance aircraft was used and hit for the first time in the area of operations of the joint forces,” the statement said. .
It is noteworthy that in the period from 14:25 to 15:15 local time, a group of D-30 howitzers with Russian terrorist forces fired at the positions of the combined forces in the Hranitin region.
Two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in that bombing, and one of them died of his wounds. With the start of the bombing, Ukraine immediately through the SMM of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe demanded a cease-fire, and a note was sent through diplomatic channels. However, the invaders showed no reaction to this effort.
“In order to force the enemy to cease fire, by order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Bayraktar was used. The UAV did not cross the line of contact and destroyed with a guided bomb an artillery gun with the crew from the Russian occupation forces,” the statement reads.
After the strike, the shelling of Ukrainian positions stopped.
All obstacles to the production of the Bayraktar TB2 UAV in Ukraine have been removed, according to Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and Turkey’s Baker Savonma signed a memorandum of cooperation on September 29.