Bayraktar TB2 begins to be shipped to Ukraine. this is a new wave delivery

HSMilitarycom: The Turkish Foreign Ministry confirmed the delivery of a new batch of Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles into service with the Ukrainian Air Force, which was announced a little earlier in Kyiv. 

As is known, the delivery was carried out by a private company, in connection with which the Turkish authorities were not involved in this.

Turkey stressed that since we are talking about a private company, Ankara is under no obligation to respond to any allegations, while Turkey stressed that the Bayraktar TB2 drone that

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement regarding allegations that “the fact that Turkey's SİHA is on the radar could put Turkey and Russia at odds with each other.” Speaking to Onur Shahanoglu from Sabah, Deputy Foreign Minister Yavuz Selim Kiran said the Bayraktar TB-2 UAV was sold under a "firm agreement" between Bay-Kar and Ukraine. Kiran said: “Bayraktar is a product of a private company. Ukraine also wanted to buy this product from our company and a firm agreement was made between them. Russia and the US have private military-industrial complex companies. "Private military-industrial complex companies can make such agreements with countries. These countries are not binding. This is not assistance from Turkey. Products are purchased by Ukraine from Turkish companies. And, of course, we are proud of these products," he said. said.,  reported the Turkish edition of "SOL".

The specific number of drones in question is unknown, however, it was previously reported that the shipment could include four sets of drones, implying the transfer of 12 attack drones to Kiev.

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