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A composite image showing before and during a strike by a drone in Ukraine
A composite image showing just before (left) and during (right) a strike by a Bayraktar TB2 drone on Russian forces in Ukraine in February 2022.Ukrainian Military
  • Turkish-made Bayraktar drones have been used in the war effort.

  • Commanders shared video of the model hitting Russian convoys.

  • The footage gave Russia a needed boost.

The defenders credited a new piece of equipment with helping them fight back against Russia in the opening days of the invasion.

Videos shared by the Ukrainian military showed at least one strike tearing apart a column of Russian tanks.

The Ukrainian military said that one came from Malyn in the Zhytomyr region and showed the destruction of a Russian BUK surface-to-air missile launcher.

—ВОЇНИ УКРАЇНИ🇺🇦 (@ArmedForcesUkr) February 27, 2022

There will be no peace for you in our land, said the caption for the video posted on an official military Facebook page.

Chornobaivka, in southern Ukraine, experienced heavy fighting from Russian forces who were pouring in via occupied Crimea.

Video from the ground shows charred, smoking metal strewed along a highway. The first was shared by the Ukrainian embassy and the second by a Bellingcat staffer.

—Ukraine in Turkey (@UKRinTR) February 27, 2022

—Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) February 27, 2022

The Bayraktar, an armed drone with a 12-meter wingspan and distinctive triangular tail section, has never been involved in a major conflict.

The drones can reach altitudes of 25,000 ft and fly for 27 continuous hours from a distance of up to 300 km. Each one can carry up to four bombs or rockets for an estimated total of 150 kilograms.

The Bayraktar is showing the effectiveness of small drones. A US MQ-9 Reaper has a 20-meter wingspan and can carry up to 1,701 kilograms of ordnance.

Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone in Azerbaijan military parade
A Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat reconnaissance aerial vehicle in a military parade in Baku, Azerbaijan, marking the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, December 10, 2020.Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images

According to The Wall Street Journal, they can be used to give coordinates for strikes which would not involve a lot of guessing.

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Insider counted more than 5 million views on the two videos between Facebook and Twitter posts, and it quickly acquired celebrated status among Ukrainians as war descended.

In a widely-shared video of an unnamed Ukrainian soldier mocking the Russians, the drones power was a key point. What do you think about our Bayraktars? What do you think, what is that flying over you right now?

On Telegram, the popular channel run by the Ukrainian parliament shared both Bayraktar strike videos on Sunday, the first of which said "Let's win together!" and the second said "Our army, our power!"

Videos of the strikes and their aftermath were posted by the Ukrainian embassy in Turkey. There is a message in Turkish that says "Never a rose without a thorn". Russian invaders have to fight with Bayraktar.

The strikes were calleddivine justice by the embassy because they were revenge for an airstrike in Syria that killed 34 of its troops.

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