Minister of Defense of Ukraine Reznikov: Kiev will purchase a batch of Bayraktar shock drones 
Ukraine will purchase a batch of Bayraktar shock drones for the needs of the country's armed forces. This was announced by Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov following a trip to Donbass, RIA Novosti reports.
According to him, Kiev's Turkish partners have publicly announced that they are taking Ukrainian engines for the production of Bayraktar. “We are planning to purchase them additionally next year. But these will be Ukrainian Bayraktar, I emphasize, “- said Reznikov, noting that the drones will be manufactured in Turkey, but they will be Ukrainian, in service with the armed forces of Ukraine.
” They will be used because we must defend our independence, including in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, “the minister said.
At the same time, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valeriy Zaluzhny, noted that the armed forces are in constant readiness to use shock drones. “We have been approaching this for more than one day or two, preparing, developing tactics of application, working out methods. There is still a lot of interesting work ahead for us, “he stressed.
The situation in Donbass escalated on October 26. For the first time, the Ukrainian armed forces used the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone in battle. The authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic said that the Ukrainian military had occupied the village of Staromaryevka in the “gray zone”. Kiev has not officially confirmed this information.