Ukraine Angers Russia by Buying Turkish Drones and Wants To Get Its Hands On More
The drone tensions come as Russian President Vladimir Putin again builds up troops near Ukraine’s border.
Photographer: Birol Bebek/AFP
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Turkey has sold Ukraine significantly more of the armed drones that drew a rebuke from Russia than previously disclosed, with further deals in the pipeline.
The Bayraktar TB2 drones, fired for the first time in October to destroy mobile artillery in Ukraine’s breakaway Donbas region, are prized items in a budding relationship that’s made Turkey one of Kyiv’s most important backers.
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Ukraine Angers Russia by Buying Turkish Drones and Wants To Get Its Hands On More