Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Sept 9 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met on Friday with the head of Turkish defense company Baykar and said the company would set up a factory in Ukraine to manufacture unmanned aerial vehicles. Baykar’s Bayraktar TB2 drone was extremely popular in Ukraine, where it helped destroy several Russian artillery systems and armored vehicles. “We discussed the details of the construction of the Baykar plant in Ukraine and the production of new products using Ukrainian components,” Zelenskiy said in an online post after meeting Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar in Kyiv. A video posted online shows Zelensky presenting Bayraktar with the Ukrainian Order of Merit. In return, Zelenskiy received a traditional embroidered Ukrainian shirt with a drone. Russia has previously complained to Turkey about its sale of drones to Ukraine. read more Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Report by David Ljunggren. edited by Jonathan Oatis Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
