Co-founder of Baykar said that he does not strategy to sell Bayraktars to Russia

The brothers Haluk and Selcuk Bayraktar, the founders of Baykar, which generates Bayraktar unmanned aircraft, told BBC News in an job interview why they offer guidance to Ukraine and are not prepared to offer their products to Russia.

In a discussion with BBC correspondents Jafer Umerov and Tatyana Yanutsevich, which took place in Istanbul, the elder brother Haluk Bayraktar, CEO of Baykar, notes that cooperation with Ukraine started extensive ahead of the Russian military invaded this state, their drones employed in Ukraine since 2018. In 2020, Haluk received the Condition Order of Merit in Kyiv from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The brothers brazenly help Ukraine and have previously donated drones to the Ukrainian military various situations for no cost, and the funds collected by volunteers was directed to the requirements of Ukrainian refugees, the BBC notes.

Answering the dilemma “And if Moscow delivers you a massive total of revenue, will you promote it to them too?” Haluk Bayraktar says: “Money is not a precedence for us. Money and content resources have by no means been the target in our small business. With Ukraine, our friendship and cooperation last for lots of decades.Thus, no matter how a great deal money they offer us, to be honest, there can be no issue of handing it above to them in this circumstance. [Москве дроны]. For the duration of this interval, all our assist is absolutely on the facet of Ukraine. Since we have a really potent link, and Ukraine is underneath a extremely unfair, aggressive and unreasonable assault. And for that reason, practically nothing will overshadow our cooperation with Ukraine, no matter what amount is supplied, our place on this make a difference is clear.”

The interview was recorded on the day when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a assembly of his “Justice and Development Party” that Vladimir Putin allegedly needs to cooperate with the Bayraktars. The Bayraktar brothers are activists of this occasion, and Selçuk Bayraktar is Erdogan’s son-in-law. Nevertheless, BBC Information correspondents, from the phrases of Haluk Bayraktar, conclude that there will be no cooperation in between this Turkish business and Russia, at the very least as long as there is a whole-scale invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine.