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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed this Tuesday he used a Turkish-produced Bayraktar attack drone in a first combat action in the Donbass region, the scene of hostilities with Kiev since 2014.

“Today, October 26, 2021, by order of the Commander-in-Chief, Lieutenant General Valeriy Zalúzhniy, the Bayraktar reconnaissance and attack drone system was used for the first time in combat,” they assured from the Ukrainian General Staff on their account. on Facebook, along with a video in which the use of the device is appreciated.

Likewise, they specify that the unmanned flying robot was used “to force the enemy to cease fire” and emphasize that it did not cross the line of contact, destroying with a guided bomb an artillery piece along with your endowment.

For his part, a representative of the Luhansk People’s Republic stated that Kiev has violated the Minsk agreements by resorting to the use of the drone in an offensive action.