Russian dictator Vladimir Putin wants to cooperate with the Turkish company Baykar, which is a manufacturer of Bayraktar drones. This was announced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting of the executive committee of the Justice and Development Party,
KYIV. UkraineGate. 27 . July . 2022 | World News.
According to Erdogan, the aggressor country Russia and the United Arab Emirates want to work with the Baykar company.
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“Putin told me that he wants to cooperate with the Baykar company. He proposed to build a plant in Russia, as they did in the UAE,” he said.
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CEO of Baykar Haluk Bayraktar said in an interview with CNN that the company will never supply its drones to Russia.
Turkish-made drones have been in service with the Navy of the Armed Forces since 2021. After the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, the Russians repeatedly resented the military cooperation between Kyiv and Ankara. In particular , it became known to the media that Putin even resorted to blackmailing Erdogan by extending the ban on flights to Turkey (introduced due to the coronavirus) if Ankara does not abandon the sale of Bayraktar drones and support for Ukraine.
Source: Ukrgate
