The construction of a plant in Ukraine for the production of Bayraktar strike operational-tactical drones may take several months, and it will be launched in 2023, Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar predicts.
“Of course, there are some nuances associated with the import of certain equipment and the choice of a company for construction, but these are technical details. I think that in the next month we will see some progress in this matter … The construction itself may take several months, and the launch of the plant (may take place – IF-U) in 2023, perhaps at the end,” he said on the air of the national telethon #UAat once on Monday.
Bodnar recalled that during the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Ukraine on February 3, a corresponding agreement was signed, and a week and a half ago, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved it and submitted it to the Verkhovna Rada for ratification.
“In parallel, the owner of the Baykar Makina company acquired a land plot and made a project of the plant itself, and also created a corresponding Ukrainian company, which it registered. It seems to me that, despite the ongoing ratification process, the company is already starting preparatory work in order to start building this plant” – added the ambassador.
