Bayraktar drones destroy $26.5M worth of Russian equipment in three days — Ukraine Army chief

Bayraktar drones destroy $26.5M worth of Russian equipment in three days — Ukraine Army chief

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Bayraktar drones destroyed $26.5 million worth of Russian military equipment, including eight tanks, in three days, from August 31 to September 2.

Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, said this in a Telegram post.

"Over the past three days, from August 31 to September 2, a pair of Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles destroyed enemy equipment worth a total of about $26.5 million. These are eight T-72 tanks (estimated cost of one tank is $3 million), an Akatsiya self-propelled gun ($1.6 million), an IFV ($0.6 million) and howitzers ($0.3 million)," he wrote.

He added that five T-72 tanks and an IFV worth $1.85 million had been damaged.

The total cost of destroyed and damaged Russian equipment is $28.35 million.

"Effective Turkish Bayraktars in the skillful hands of our soldiers are a powerful weapon! One of them is help from a friendly Lithuania," Zaluzhnyi said.

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