Turkish attack drone Bayraktar TB2 received by Ukraine. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 9The plant for the production of Bayraktar drones in Ukraine can be launched in 2023, Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar said. Earlier, the Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey announced that the Turkish company Bayraktar would build a plant for the production of drones of the same name in Ukraine, the company allegedly had already registered and bought a land plot . Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that if the production of Turkish drones appears in Ukraine, it will fall under demilitarization.The Kremlin commented on the plans for the production of Turkish drones in Ukraine «The company is already starting preparatory work to start building this plant. There are some nuances with the import of some equipment and the selection of a company for construction. I hope that in the coming months we will see some progress on this issue. The construction itself may take several months, and the launch of the plant may be in 2023, possibly at the end,» Bodnar said on the air of the all-Ukrainian telethon. In 2018-2020, Ukraine imported Turkish TB2 Bayraktar strike drones. Since the end of 2021, its own production of this UAV has already begun under an agreement with Turkey, but the details were not specified. The Bayraktar TB2 gained wide popularity during the 2020 Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Russian Federation had previously sent a note to all countries due to the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. >Manufacturer «Bayraktarov» said he would not sell them to Russia
