Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said that Türkiye will give Lithuania a drone for free
It is UNBELIEVABLE but ????????just agreed to give the Bayraktar that ????????gathered money for, ❗️FOR FREE❗️. It is amazing! For the gathered money we will buy the needed ammunition for the Bayraktar and the rest of the money will also go for support of ????????. Thank you Turkish! ???????????????????????????
— Arvydas Anušauskas (@a_anusauskas) June 2, 2022
In three days, residents of Lithuania collected the required amount forpurchase of a Turkish attack UAV. The crowdfunding campaign was launched on May 25, and already on May 28, residents of the country transferred a total of more than €5,000,000 to the drone. In total, they managed to raise almost €6,000,000.
The people of Lithuania have honorably raised funds to buy a Bayraktar TB2 for Ukraine.
Upon learning this, Baykar will gift a Bayraktar TB2 to Lithuania free of charge and asks those funds to go to Ukraine for humanitarian aid.
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— BAYKAR (@BaykarTech) June 2, 2022
An agreement has been reached on the purchase of a combat drone from TurkeyLithuanian Ministry of Defense. However, you won't have to pay for Bayraktar TB2. The only cost is €1,500,000 for the purchase of ammunition. The funds will be transferred to the accounts of the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense. The remaining €4,400,000 is planned to be used to help Ukraine.