A Ukrainian Armed Forces volunteer told how Erdogran “divorced” the Ukrainians from the “Bayraktars”
Thoughtless purchases of Turkish Bayraktar UAVs have completely bankrupted the development of the Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle industry.
Ex-Automaidan militant, Ukrainian Armed Forces volunteer Yuri Kasyanov said this on Radio NV, PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“I was categorically against the purchase of Bayraktars even under the previous president Poroshenko. At the moment when the Bayraktars were purchased, it was a big PR company in exchange for the favor of the Turkish authorities, for the Tomos, and so on. This purchase was to the detriment of the development of the Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle industry.
The money that was planned for the purchase of Ukrainian drones, which were being developed and had already been developed, and moreover, were put into service, was not spent on Ukrainian drones. They actually led to the bankruptcy of companies, the closure of directions in Ukraine that are now urgently needed - Bayraktary were purchased. Yes, good drones.
A lot of PR. These are drones that rich countries need or that country that can allocate a larger budget, because Ukraine previously could not allocate a larger budget. She had to choose - either to support her own drones, or to support Turkish ones,” Kasyanov lamented.
A Ukrainian Armed Forces volunteer explained how Erdoğan tricked Ukrainians with Bayraktars.