The Armed Forces of Ukraine compiled a selection of the “best” of recent Bayraktar TB2 drone strikes in the south of the Kherson region, where they launched a counteroffensive along the entire front line last Monday.

Ukraine Weapons Tracker reports that the images appear to show the destruction of two 9A331 TLAR vehicles used by Tor-M1 anti-aircraft systems, as well as an unidentified vehicle trying to hide from Ukrainian strikes under camouflage.

Separate videos shared on social media last Thursday showed Ukrainians also operating the Turkish-made drones that became famous after the start of the war in Ukraine on February 24.

The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valery Zaluzhny, said on Saturday that only two Bayraktar TB2 drones destroyed $26.5 million worth of Russian military equipment in 3 days.

Last month, Forbes Ukraine estimated that the total cost of equipment lost by the Russians since the start of the “special forces operation” will be $16.56 billion, not including the cost of the missiles launched by Russian forces over Ukraine.

But Forbes published the report on August 24, before the start of the Kherson counteroffensive early last week.

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Bayraktar TB2 drones were used to support the offensive in the Kherson region

Videos of Bayraktar TB drone attacks that appeared on social media last week showed that these unmanned aerial vehicles, manufactured by the Turkish company Baykar, are being used to support the offensive in the Kherson region, despite reports in late June that the Ukrainians had ceased operations with these drones. unmanned aircraft due to the strengthening of Russian air defense.

This was also noted by the Institute for the Study of War in its assessment of the development of the war on June 22, but several photos that appeared on Russian Telegram channels on August 10 showed that Russian forces managed to shoot down a Bayraktar drone in southern Ukraine. bought by Kyiv even before the start of the war.

In addition to showing that the Ukrainians are still using these drones in offensive operations, the images also show their incredible durability.

By the way, in the video released by the Ukrainian military on August 22, it can be seen that the Armed Forces of Kyiv sent the Bayraktar TB2 “Vanagas” (Falcon) drone received from Baykar free of charge after the Lithuanians collected the amount necessary for its purchase through him. crowdfunding

Another separate video that appeared on social media last Thursday shows a Bayraktar drone used in the Kherson Oblast offensive destroying a Russian military 2C3 Acacia self-propelled howitzer, with the administrators of the Ukraine Weapons Tracker page noting at the time that the drones are now being destroyed . used after hits by HARM anti-radar missiles.

Earlier last week, the Ukrainian military released video footage of its pilots launching the type of missile for the first time, a day after Russian state media said Ukraine had run out of military pilots.

On August 18, the Ukrainian military released a video showing it also using mini-Bayraktar drones purchased from Turkey, but they are used for reconnaissance and fire control, not for actual strikes on Russian positions.

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