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| Turkish drone hit the Donbass for the first time |
| 2021-10-27 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. By Aleksandr Kots [KP] On the video, taken by the phone from the screen, there are stills familiar from Karabakh. The drone aims a guided bomb at a howitzer, similar to the D-30, after a few seconds it drowns in the smoke of a powerful explosion. Ukrainian volunteers claim that Kiev was the first to use the Bayraktar attack drone against the DPR army. Information about an exacerbation in the Donbass in the Telmanovo-Granitnoye area began to appear in the morning. The first artillery fire on the positions of the militia was opened by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In this case, several civilian structures were damaged. Apparently, the Donetsk side opened fire in response to the suppression. At least in social networks, photos of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, covered with artillery, were published. In the end, it is necessary to respond to such insolent shelling. Kiev immediately trumpeted about the treacherous attack on the civilian sector. And apparently, he decided to use shock drones bought from Turkey. Volunteer Oleg Boldyrev was the first to report on the use of the drone: "Today, Bayraktar worked on the enemy's artillery battery. Minus one gun from a distance of over 11 km. Journalist Yuri Butusov specified the type of ammunition that was used by the drone: "For the first time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine sent Bayraktar to the battle area for counter-battery combat and the howitzer was destroyed by the MAM-S bomb. This is the first combat use of "Bayraktar" in the war. The order was given by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny." Butusov also said, quoted on Butusov's Censor.net Ukrainian language newsite.: "Today, a battery of Russian D-30 howitzers began another shelling of the positions of the Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized Brigade near Granitnoye. That's in Lugansk Later this information was confirmed by the Ukrainian General Staff: “By order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant-General Valeriy Zaluzhny, the Bayraktar reconnaissance and strike unmanned complex was used for the first time in the area of ​​the Joint Forces operation. The drone did not cross the line of collision and destroyed one cannon with a controlled bomb. And then you can predict by looking back seven years. Remember how it began in Slavyansk. First, they threw single mines, then calmed down, watched what the reaction would be. Are they silent "behind the curb"? Hold in volleys. Then they pulled up the barrel artillery. Also, one or two shells per test. No reaction? Get a division of howitzers on the back slope of Karachun. Again, no? Let's try the Grad (BM-21 artillery rocket launcher). One projectile, two projectiles. Didn't "little green men" appear on the horizon? Well then, take it, Slavyansk, in packages by area. Why be ashamed? Why have they struck with only one missile now? Well, yes, it's expensive. But that’s not the reason. Feel how far they will be allowed to go. And if they allow it, as in Slavyansk, then soon a carousel of Bayraktarov will hang in the sky over Donbass. There is no doubt that the Turkish friends of Kiev will give Ukraine an unprecedented discount on the purchase of missiles - one should not miss another advertising campaign. It's good that Bastrykin opened a criminal case. But they can't shoot down drones. A reaction of a completely different caliber is needed here. It is worth noting Ukrainians, and probably the separatists have been using small drones to spot artillery fire. This is the first use of a drone supplied by a foreign government using direct attack munitions for counterbattery work. |
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