The Ukrainian Navy has accepted delivery of the first Bayraktar TB2 drone from Turkish protection company Baykar, based on Ukraine’s Defence Ministry.

 The ministry announced the delivery on July 15 by way of its official Twitter account. After finishing acceptance checks, the drone, along with cellular control terminals and spare elements, can be deployed at the Ukrainian Navy’s tenth Naval Aviation Brigade in Mykolaiv.

 Baykar introduced in 2019 that it gained a $sixty nine million contract to sell six TB2 combat UAVs to Ukraine. Turkish officers at the time stated the deal included ammunition for the armed drones.

 The Ukrainian Navy’s chief of employees, Oleksiy Neizhpapa, previously stated the fight UAVs are expected to be delivered by the top of 2021. “This yr, the Navy will receive the primary set of the Bayraktar unmanned complicated, which surface forces and marines will use both within the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov,” Neizhpapa stated Might 12 in the course of the All-Ukrainian Discussion board “Ukraine 30.″

 In recent times, Turkey and Ukraine have strengthened their army bonds. But Russia, which seized the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine and annexed it in March 2014, has pushed again on the rising defense relationship.

 “We strongly advise our Turkish colleagues to rigorously assess the state of affairs and chorus from fueling Kyiv’s militaristic sentiment,” Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov was quoted as saying in Russian newspaper Argumenty i Fakty on Might 24.

 In October 2020, Turkey and Ukraine signed an settlement underneath which the former would construct corvettes and drones for the latter, while Ukraine would offer fuel turbines to Turkey. In a July four speech celebrating Ukraine’s Navy Day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Turkey has begun development of the first Ada-class corvette for the service and plans to deliver it by 2023.

Source - amogh-it-news