Bayraktar (song)

"Bayraktar" is a Ukrainian patriotic military propaganda[2] song released on 1 March 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The song is dedicated to the Turkish Baykar Bayraktar TB2 combat drone,[3] which was used by the Ukrainian Army during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[6] In an interview to Turkish press, Borovok said that he received a request from the Armed Forces of Ukraine to prepare a video about Bayraktar on the day the invasion began, but he decided it would be better to write a song instead.

[12] In numerous music videos, the song is accompanied by footage taken by a Bayraktar TB2's gun camera, showing strikes on columns of Russian equipment in the territory of Ukraine.

[14] Jochen Siemens of Stern said that the music video, showing explosions, is "one of the most haunting you've ever seen", but added that the song was sung "almost happily and confidently.

"[19] According to the Algemeen Dagblad, the song is one of the things that shows that Selçuk Bayraktar, the chief technology officer of Baykar, is the "second-biggest hero" of Ukraine after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.