On the Ukrainian portal “Dialogue.UA” there was an article with the words of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Taran, who allegedly denied information about the use of Turkish Bayraktar drones in Donbass. Later, the media reported that it was subjected to a hacker attack. The portal claims that the denial was published by hackers.
Yesterday, October 26, the Ukrainian General Staff announced that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were using Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 attack drones (UAVs) in Donbas for the first time. A video was also posted on the General Staff’s Facebook page in which a drone strikes a target. The next day, a material appeared on the website Dialogue.UA, which claimed that the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Andriy Taran, denied information about the use of Turkish drones.
“Ukraine has never used Bayraktar attack drones in the conflict in eastern Ukraine … The video that is being disseminated in the media is a fake of pro-Russian mercenaries. The video clearly shows that a pre-laid engineering charge was triggered, and not the drone’s ammunition … With the help of such videos, the Russian side is once again trying to accuse Ukraine of violating the Minsk agreements and escalating the conflict, ”the publication said allegedly on behalf of the minister.
In the evening of the same day, Dialogue.UA reported that it had been hacked. The portal’s management claims that the attackers hacked it “to publish a fake refutation of the news about the first combat use of a Turkish-made UAV in Donbas.” “There were NO denials from Taran! It is important to clarify that the separatist resources of Donbass were the first to pay attention to the fake … Obviously, the use of the Bayraktar by the Ukrainian military in Donbass was a painful blow for the invaders. Hacking our site to publish a fake is a confirmation of this, “- says the statement of” Dialogue.UA “.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that they were “rechecking information” about the use of Turkish UAVs by Ukraine in the Donbas. According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, “from the latest statements that the Kiev authorities abound with and with which it gushes, it is very difficult to figure out where is the truth and where is fiction.” The Kremlin said that the supply of Turkish weapons to Ukraine could destabilize the situation in Donbass.
The Ukrainian military purchased and conducted the first tests of Bayraktar devices in 2019. The purchase agreement was reached during negotiations between former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Read about Turkey’s attitude to the situation in Ukraine in the publication of “Kommersant” “Turkey has had enough through the Crimea.”
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