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Turkey to build plant and service center for Bayraktar drones
The Turkish company Baykar Defence will build in Ukraine a plant for production and modernization of Bayraktar TB2 drones and also a center for their testing, maintenance and personnel training, said the CEO of Baykar Defence, Haluk Bayraktar.
"We have many projects at the implementation stage," Bayraktar said.
He noted that the first successful test of cooperation was the production of the Akinci drone with an engine built by Ivchenko-Progress. After that, Turkish companies began to …
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DPR military commander: Ukraine is advancing into Donbas
The pro-Russian militants may lose control over the key area in the Donbas - the Avdiivka industrial zone, believes the DPR military commander Alexander Khodakovsky.
"If now we lose this industrial zone, then several other directions will be immediately threatened: Yasynuvata, the village of Spartak. The enemy will come close to our main line of defense. They will get an advantage due to a significant number of dead zones, which we simply cannot protect, "said Khodakovsky in an interview with …
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Ukraine asks EU for help in reinforcing border with Belarus
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed during a telephone conversation with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen the possibility of obtaining EU assistance to reinforce the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, reports the press service of the Ukrainian President.
The parties discussed the deteriorating situation on the European-Belarusian and Ukrainian-Belarusian borders. Zelensky and Ursula von der Leyen agreed that this situation is a hybrid attack that requires …
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Belarus to stop electricity supply to Ukraine
Beginning November 18, Belarus is stopping the electricity supplies to Ukraine . According to the Belarusian Ministry of Energy, electricity supplies to Ukraine will be stopped "in accordance with the established procedure within the framework of contractual relations."
The report states that "the Belarusian side will consider the possibility of further electricity supplies to Ukraine taking into account technical capabilities."
The reasons for the termination of delivery have not be …
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Ukraine wants to buy Harpoon anti-ship missiles from United States
Ukraine wants to buy Harpoon anti-ship missiles from the United States , reports the Ukrainian newspaper Dzerkalo Tyzhnia.
According to the newspaper, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry decided to buy Harpoon anti-ship missiles along with coastal missile systems in early 2020.
The Harpoon is an anti-ship missile that was designed and is manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security).
The Harpoon uses active radar homing and flies just above the water to evade defenses. …