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On Thursday, May 4, a Bayraktar drone failed in the Kyiv region, so the military was forced to shoot it down in the sky over the capital, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported..
“On May 4, at about 20:00 in the Kyiv region, during a scheduled flight, I lost control of the Bayraktar TB2 UAV,” the report says..
The Command added that since the uncontrolled stay of the UAV in the sky of the capital could lead to undesirable consequences, it was decided to use the calculations of mobile fire groups.
“It’s a pity, but this is a technique, and such cases happen. Probably, we are talking about a technical malfunction, the reasons are being established, ”the message says..
As a result of combat work and the fall of the wreckage of the UAV, there are no victims or injured.