In the city of Vasilkov, Kiev region, they began to build a plant for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), said adviser to the head of the President's Office Alexei Arestovich in an interview with Radio Liberty.

Build jointly with Turkey. The plant is going to produce Turkish drones of the Anka type and, in the future, Ukrainian ones..

“In particular, we can talk about jet drones, which are interceptors. They are capable of countering other UAVs and even pilot aircraft.. They will have Ukrainian engines and Turkish avionics: hull and so on, "

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Pavel Barbul said that Ukrainian UAVs are more promising.

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According to him, the first batch of drones is planned to be released at the plant by the end of 2022..

By the way, in early October, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that Ukraine is ready to start production of Bayraktar drones. On October 26, the Ukrainian Armed Forces used Bayraktar strike drones for the first time in the JFO zone in response to the fire of the Russian invaders. During Operation Bayraktar, he destroyed a Russian howitzer with a guided missile, after which the rest of the Russian crews quickly retreated from the battlefield.. After the visit of the Ukrainian Bayraktar, the Russian battery no longer opened fire.