“The specific case of Bayraktar's combat use has not been confirmed, so far, according to our information, we can say that all this is fake.
The video, which was distributed by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where our positions are allegedly being destroyed from a Turkish UAV, does not coincide with our information in fact.
But in Kiev, for some reason, they continue to insist on this, ”she said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Nikonorova added that earlier the Ukrainian security forces had already used the Turkish Bayraktar in Donbass, but only for observation and reconnaissance.
“These drones have never crossed the contact line before,” she said.
On October 26, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Ukrainian military had used the Turkish Bayraktar drone for the first time in Donbas.
Later, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky commented on the use of a Turkish drone by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted, Ukrainian commanders, depending on their goals, make opposite statements about the use of Bayraktar in Donbass: "the commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine declares that this weapon was used, and the Minister of Defense says that nothing of the kind happened."