Ukraine Uses Turkish Drones On Russian Proxies
A Turkish Bayraktar UAV, in all its glory
Image source: By CeeGee - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82382275
Sometimes when I write this blog I feel like I’m reporting on the Decline and Fall of pretty much everything I like or admire, like American Democracy and America as a culture. Yet, now and then, I’m pleased to see that not everything is going quite the way the chaps in the Kremlin and/or Beijing might like.
Case in point, according to several news reports, Ukraine has been purchasing military drones from Turkey. And, more, it is using them against Russian-backed separatists in its eastern territories.(1) In fact, the Ukrainian authorities have released a video which, they say, is of one of their new drones blasting a Russian-Separatist field piece.(2)
Moreover, the Turks and Ukrainians seemed to be developing all sorts of new defensive ties. There is even going to be a joint drone factory in Ukraine.
Now, none of this is necessarily is good for the USA. But, still, it is comforting that every once in a while, the world develops in a way which our more energetic antagonists had not planned, and may not like.
~mjt
Sources:
1. “Ukraine Uses Turkish Drone Against Russia-Backed Separatists For First Time,” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Oct 27, 2021, https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-turkish-drone-separatists/31532268.html
2. https://fb.watch/8YgInnWojX/
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