Kosovo authorities announced the receipt of Turkish Bayraktar drones
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The Kosovo Armed Forces purchased Bayraktar TB2 drones from Turkey, Prime Minister of the unrecognized republic Albin Kurti said on Facebook (owned by Meta, the social network is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation and banned).
“We have replenished the arsenal of our army with Bayraktar TB2 drones, which we, as a government, purchased from Turkey. In two years of government, we have increased the size of the army by more than 80%, and the budget of the army by more than 100%,” wrote Kurti.
At the end of June, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that Belgrade considers the supply of Turkish weapons to Pristina unacceptable. He said that the republic refused buy drones from Ankara because they gave them to Kosovo. Serbia within five months will receive “from a few hundred to a thousand kamikaze drones” that the authorities ordered in the Middle East. About Serbia’s plans buy Turkish drones Bayraktar Vučić said last April.
In mid-July of this year, Serbia suspended the export of weapons from the country for 30 days, the Associated Press (AP) wrote, citing a statement by the Minister of Defense of the Republic, Milos Vucevic. The introduction of restrictions is associated with meeting the needs of the Serbian army, as well as with increasing the combat readiness of Serbia against the backdrop of tensions.
Bayraktar TB2 is an attack tactical medium-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle with a long flight duration. An armed drone is capable of being in the air from 12 to 24 hours and hitting targets at a distance of up to 8 km.
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