Turkey's Baykar to donate three UAVs to Ukraine after crowdfunding campaign

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

Source: Reuters

ISTANBUL, June 27 (Reuters) - Turkish defence firm Baykar said on Monday it would donate three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Ukraine, after a crowdfunding campaign there raised enough funds to buy "several" of the Bayraktar TB2 model.

The TB2 has been hugely popular in Ukraine, where it helped destroy Russian artillery systems and armoured vehicles.

"Baykar will not accept payment for the TB2s, and will send three UAVs free of charge to the Ukrainian war front," the company said in a statement.

"We ask that raised funds be remitted instead to the struggling people of Ukraine," it said.


Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/turkeys-baykar-donate-three-uavs-ukraine-after-crowdfunding-campaign-2022-06-27/

[mitch96]

1. Reports of Crowd funding in Poland and other countries are buying a few Bayraktar TB2's.

At 1 million a pop, that's impressive. Also TB2's are going to start being manufactured under license in Ukraine but with local engines. That's got to piss off the little dictator.
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[Geechie]

2. That's got to piss off the little dictator...

That and the fact that his enabler Erdogan finally got on board with NATO