Turkey delivers “kamikaze” drones to Kosovo sparking backlash

Turkey has delivered kamikaze drones to Kosovo, Pristina’s acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti announced connected societal media, saying the instrumentality arrived astatine Pristina airdrome connected November 8.

Kurti wrote connected Facebook that Kosovo received “thousands” of alleged RTF (Ready to Fly) Skydagger FPV drones — combat drones fitted with explosive charges and susceptible of striking some moving and static targets. He said the shipment arrived earlier than expected and argued the caller systems “significantly summation the army’s onslaught powerfulness done the usage of technological advances that conscionable the needs of modern warfare.”

The transportation drew an aggravated effect from Belgrade. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić denounced Turkey’s actions connected X, accusing Ankara of violating the UN Charter and UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and of arming Pristina. “I americium shocked by Turkey’s behaviour and the brutal usurpation of the UN Charter and Resolution 1244… It is present perfectly wide that Turkey does not privation stableness successful the Western Balkans and dreams of reviving the Ottoman Empire. Serbia is simply a tiny country, but we person received the connection clearly!” helium wrote.

Turkey has been supplying Kosovo’s information forces with modern systems since 2018, the announcement noted. In 2023 Ankara delivered a fleet of Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles, and successful 2024 it reached an statement with Pristina to physique a mill for artillery munitions production.