Hang on a second... That's not a report as you put it. It's an article that uses reports from Russian media and social media.
The same media that has said more TB2's destroyed in Ukraine that have been produced. The same media reporting on pics of the exact same serial numbered TB2's with the same damage all posed in different locations to inflate the losses.
They print a lot of nonsense
If they were destined to be used against a country who didn't have billions in Swiss banks then the Swiss wouldn't give a toss what they were used for. They like to cherry pick their policy based on the financial pros and cons to themselves.
Maybe Finland. Could put in a request and ask for it back without having to go to war. Russia would then be wondering what Finland has up its sleeve and keep Russia at least busy along the ‘current’ border
Apologies if pro Russian outfit - It looked legit to me! Are the Ukrainians still using bayrakter drones so?
I don't believe that "Visegrad 24" is "Ukrainian news" [if that was what you meant there?]?
Kind of off topic (it doesn't relate to that particlaur tweet) but when I've seen links to it posted here, I have always been curious about who owns or operates it as it is completely opaque online about this. Was thinking of throwing the question out there.
There is nothing as far as I can see, except a web page looking for money, and I don't like that lack of transparency really.
I wondered if it has something to do with Law + Justice party, or other right wing people in Poland (obviously no evidence for that)?
It is very on message for their odd and ultimately sometimes self defeating view of the world in "news" it pushes out though. Russia may be very bad, but Germany (don't mention the War...!) and of course the EU can be just as much a "problem" in their own way. Keep an eye on em.
Only thing I could find discussing this online in English anyway was below (from some Polish news website -Oko):
There are conflicting reports on the TB2. Ukrainian authorities say they were very important at the beginning, but they got shot down quickly. Apparently they were good against anti aircraft weapons. They must have been good if Ukraine wanted to produce them.
I don't know if they are still being used and if so, how widespread their use.
It seems when we hear nothing about them, they come back with a new video of their use or help sick the moskova.
Interestingly baykar are testing air to air missiles using the TB2 as a launch platform.
So the TB2's may have a new role yet.
Kherson, Khersonska Oblast, Kharkiv, Kharkivska Oblast, Poltavska Oblast, Donetsk Oblast(17:13). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!
I imagine that the Russian invasion was quite a boon to their worldview, given that the EU remained in lockstep with Germanys comfort zone in supporting Ukraine
I got a business idea - parachutes for helicopter pilots-
I'm waiting to see your "highly likely" Russian attack on British infrastructure.
No parachute is deploying that low off the ground. Fair fux to the pilot for keeping it in the air so long in such critical state but it doesn't look like they'd be able to escape that wreck.
Lol ......
Not buying it ,the first line gave it away
Let's try selling helicopter ejector seats to the Russians 😁
Bayraktar are building a drone factory in Ukraine.
The Turkish defense company Baykar plans to complete the construction of its production plant in Ukraine in two years
The company's CEO, Haluk Bayraktar, on the sidelines of the SAHA exhibition in Istanbul, told Reuters that plans are moving forward, despite some obstacles created by the invasion of Ukraine.
Three Bayraktar TB2 drones, which the Baykar manufacturer gave to Ukraine free of charge after the People's Bayraktar campaign, have already arrived in Ukraine, said Haluk Bayraktar, the company's general director
Over the course of three days, from August 31 to September 2, a pair of Bayraktar TV-2 unmanned aerial vehicles destroyed enemy equipment with a total cost of about $26.5 million. These are 8 T-72 tanks (estimated cost of each one is $3 million), one ACACIA self-propelled gun each ( $1.6 million), BMP ($0.6 million) and howitzers ($0.3 million).
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Effective Turkish Bayraktars in the skillful hands of our soldiers are a powerful weapon! One of the devices is help from friendly Lithuania.
I'd say that's a yes.
Looks like they still work to me.
From what I understand, some TB2s were used in the recent USV attack on Sevastopol. Not sure whether they were simply acting as relay platforms for the surface drones, eyes in the sky for Ukrainian Navy command or acting as their own attack force, but to have both USVs and UCAVs engage in what is looking more and more like a coordinated operation, possibly with one acting as top cover for the other, is quite remarkable in its own right.
They already have them equipped on some of their helicopters
Russian armed forces shelled two civilian thug boats in Mykolaiv Oblast. As a result of the shelling, two crew members were killed, the fate of one more person remains unknown
Russian armed forces shelled two civilian thug boats in Mykolaiv Oblast.
Tug boats. The thugs are the ones that shelled the civilians.
Well if they were 'thugs' in fairness...
Not sure what you mean? I don't think it (Russian invasion of Ukraine) has been great [for Polish govt.'s world view or their "big brain" strategy such as it is].
They are between a bit of a rock and a hard place now, the war has brought contradictions to the surface for them (i.e. fact that their lovely "allies" like Orbán and the "MAGA" types in the US Republican party would like to see the support for Ukraine ended and a Putin victory in the war, while they in reality rely on ideological "enemies" like the Biden admin. or the EU + Germany to carry on their current Ukraine policies!)
They can't really resolve these contradictions now.
all Russians must be Environmentalists this winter
thats probably them using the aul Nazi label again
Sideways I guess? deployed by something like the deployment system of an airbag?
My idea (for the Russians) involved vertical deployment !!!
Vertically launched like a jet ,
Rotors are blown outward away from the fuselage and then pilot and co pilot are fired up and clear
Source or idea
Or ejector seats !!!
Do you have a source on this or are you simply making things up? The Swiss have active sanctions against Russia which is unprecedented for them.
They sell arms to be used for defence by the country who buys their equipment but they do not allow those weapons to be transferred or sold to a third party and especially so if that country is in an active conflict. It is not hard to understand. It is similar to how Ireland defends its corporation tax. The Swiss government have even provided a loophole of sorts so that basic components can still be used even if the final products would be sent to Ukraine. They are treading a fine line not to break their own laws and constitution. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/war-in-ukraine--neutral-switzerland-confirms-its-position-on-transfer-of-war-material/47647352
The Swiss people are very much for the end of this war with a Ukranian victory but their rules are not quickly changed and would require a popular initiative followed by a referendum to change their constitution. This is very very slow process in Switzerland and would take years.
So you can't back it up. Carry on.
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