LPR head Pasechnik: never recorded the use of Bayraktar by Ukraine in the republic
The head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) Leonid Pasechnik Ukraine drones Bayraktar. He told RIA Novosti that the republic's services have never recorded the use of Turkish drones.
According to him, other unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were seen in the sky over the republic.
“But there were other Ukrainian UAVs that the enemy used for reconnaissance, adjustments and even for striking residential areas in settlements near the contact line. We have civilians killed by Ukrainian drones, ”Pasechnik said.
Earlier, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said that the country would purchase a batch of Bayraktar attack drones for the needs of the country's armed forces.
< p> The situation in Donbass escalated on October 26. For the first time, the Ukrainian armed forces used the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone in battle. The authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic said that the Ukrainian military had occupied the village of Staromaryevka in the “gray zone”. Kiev has not officially confirmed the information.