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TURKEY UKRAINE

Ukraine's use of Turkish drones highlights flourishing bilateral defence relationship

Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu tried to officially disassociate Ankara from the operation. © Johannes Simon/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

When Kyiv used its Bayraktar drones against pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk, Ankara raised a contrary eye, but the increasingly strong Turco-Ukrainian military partnership appears to have come out unscathed. [...] (756 words)

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