The Turkish company will build a Bayraktar plant in Ukraine
In addition, Haluk, director of Baykar company, in mid-July Flag said that Turkey It will never sell drones to Russia
The Turkish company Baykar is registered in Ukraine and Flag bought a plot of land for the construction of a factory that will produce drones.
Information about this of Ukraine in Turkey ambassador Vasiliy Bodnar RBK-Ukraine agency.
The CurrentTimes website writes that Kyiv and Ankara in Ukraine Flag they signed the agreement on the construction of the factory that will produce their drones in early 2022.
In addition, Haluk Bayraktar, director of Baykar company, said in mid-July that Turkey It will never sell drones to Russia.
The ambassador noted that the plant in question was designed by the Baykar company and will carry out its construction from the beginning to the end.
According to Bodnar, this decision political besides being, it is also practical, because in the drones that will be produced in Ukraine Ukraine production parts will also be used.
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The ambassador said:
“These may be engines, other spare parts, tires and other high-tech components in Ukraine.”
Ukraine Turkey’s Bayraktar TB2 combat and intelligence drones Russia actively used in the war with
Ukraine used this drone on the battlefield for the first time in 2021.
At the end of May, Lithuanian TV channel Laisves announced that money was collected for the purchase of Bayraktar drone for Ukraine.
TV channel He was able to collect 5.9 million euros.
However, the Baykar company said that the Lithuanian activists should spend the funds collected on humanitarian aid to Ukraine, and the Bayraktar drone, decorated with Lithuanian and Ukrainian flags, would be donated to Kyiv free of charge.