Turkish-made Bayraktar armed drones deployed by the Ukrainian army to destroy Russian military targets in the recent conflict were apparently operated by Turkish personnel provided by the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the disposal of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government in Kyiv, Nordic Monitor reports.
The video, initially shared by Valeriy Zaluzny, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Army, on a verified Facebook account on March 13, 2022 and ten circulated all over social media platforms, purportedly reveals a background conversation in Turkish, most likely coming from Turkish operators who directed the armed drone from a base station to drop a bomb on alleged Russian artillery fire control point, without mentioning the location.
The footage reveals that a man in a commanding position and talking in Turkish was heard giving instructions to an operator, also a Turkish, and making comments on positioning drone and ordering for the deployment of the bomb.
If the video and the sound are authentic, this might be the first evidence that confirms Turkey’s direct involvement in the Russian Ukrainian war and how it is actively working to hammer down invading Russian forces in Ukrainian territory.
