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Ukrainian TB2 Drones Hit Russian Military Convoy In Kherson
Published 2 years ago
The Ukrainian military released footage reportedly showing the use of their Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones in a strike against a Russian military convoy staged at Kherson International Airport on or shortly before Feb. 27, 2022.
Ukraine had previously released a video of a TB2 strike against Russian proxies on Oct. 26, 2021 in the occupied Donbass region, but this is the first known Ukrainian TB2 strike on Russian conventional troops since the invasion kicked of days ago.
In 2019, Turkish defense corporation Baykar won a $69 million contract to sell six TB2 combat UAVs to Ukraine. The deliveries of the drones began in the summer of 2021. However, flight tracker apps have shown Turkish flights going into Ukraine since the invasion, and it's unclear if Ukraine has obtained more drones.
The footage shows one of the vehicles in the staged military convoy receive a direct hit from the drone's munition. It appears that the strike hit some sort of ammunition or weapon system, resulting in secondary blasts.
