Ukraine and Turkey signed a Memorandum on the construction of a joint training and testing center for the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles Bayraktar. This was reported by the press service of the President's Office..

On the Ukrainian side, the document was signed by Defense Minister Andriy Taran, on the Turkish side - by the General Director of Bayraktar Haluk Bayraktar.

" This is an important event for us. This is real support for the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, "

According to the report, Bayraktar will build on the lands near Vasylkiv, owned by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, a center for maintenance, current repair, modernization of the company's unmanned aerial vehicles.. Also, the center will carry out education and training of personnel who will work with these UAVs.. As planned, subsequently a number of such centers will be built and will operate in Ukraine..

According to the Ministry of Defense, the next stage will be the establishment of Ukrainian-Turkish production of UAVs. Bayraktar plans to invest its own funds in the construction of a UAV manufacturing plant in Ukraine, where Ukrainian specialists will work.

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The United States will provide Ukraine with $ 150 million of military aid, including drones.

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Earlier, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, assured that the previously purchased Bayraktar drones do not gather dust in warehouses, but perform combat missions.