A video of the last minutes of the flight of the Ukrainian attack drone Bayraktar TB2 appeared on the Web, shot down near the Kinburn Spit. The drone did not survive the hit of a Russian anti-aircraft missile.
The video was filmed by the camera of the drone itself., voice-over reported, what happened last monday, 23 January. Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 was spotted and hit by a Russian air defense system “Buk-M3” in nighttime, Judging by 8 second video. The downed drone entered the dive and rushed to the ground.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine did not use Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones for quite a long time., especially for striking Russian positions and armored vehicles. The past months of hostilities have shown, that with properly organized air defense, this UAV is a fairly easy target for anti-aircraft systems. Russian troops managed to almost completely knock out the Bayraktar TB2.
However, several units of the APU remained, plus gifts from Poland and Lithuania, so about a week ago there was information, that two Bayraktar TB2s were spotted in the area controlled by Kyiv in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, monitoring our positions, not approaching them. Then a number of TG channels reported, that one of these drones was shot down, but it was not specified where and how. It is now clear, that one of the Bayraktar TB2s flew in the area of the Kinburn Spit, where he was scouting.
Meanwhile, Turkey has stopped supplying drones to Ukraine under contracts., explaining his role “peacemaker”, within which he wants to reconcile Russia and Ukraine. At the same time, Baykar handed over a pair of Bayraktar TB2 UAVs to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry three days ago..
