Turkish-made Bayraktar combat drone at a military parade in Kyiv. File photoMOSCOW, June 10.The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense announced that by the end of June it will acquire guided air-to-ground missiles for the Bayraktar TB-2 drone, which is planned to be transferred to Ukraine. Earlier, Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anushauskas said that Turkey decided to donate the Bayraktar strike unmanned aerial vehicle to Lithuania «for Ukraine, for which money has already been raised in the republic. He noted that 1.5 million euros from the collected amount will go to the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense and go into service with the Bayraktar, and the remaining 4.4 million euros, at the request of Turkey, will be directed «to humanitarian and other assistance to Ukraine.»
The Guardian: The West is imposing escalation rather than a way out of the crisis on Zelensky»The Ministry of Defense will initiate the purchase of guided air-to-ground missiles for a drone by the end of June, which, after receiving it, together with an unmanned aerial vehicle, will be transferred to Ukraine,» the report says. that the Ministry of Defense has already signed an agreement obliging it to purchase weapons for Bayraktar. Anusauskas on his social media account presented a logo for a drone called Vanagas (Hawk), and announced that it would arrive in Lithuania in the first days of July. In Ukraine on February 24 Russian military operation began. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the main tasks of the first stage were completed — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was the liberation of Donbass.
