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Ukraine using Turkish-made drones in conflict zone, Putin tells Erdogan
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said Turkey cannot be blamed for Ukraine's deployment of Turkish-made drones.
Ukraine is using Turkish-made drones in the conflict zone in the Donbass region, sticking to "destructive" behaviour, Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, the Kremlin said.
Relations between Russia and Ukraine are in the spotlight as Kyiv says Russia amassed thousands of troops near the Ukrainian border and may be gearing up for a military offensive. Moscow denies plans for an offensive operation.
Turkey's communications directorate said on Friday Ukraine was one of the issues which Erdogan discussed with Putin, but did not provide further details.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said Turkey cannot be blamed for Ukraine's deployment of Turkish-made drones.
Ukraine used the Bayraktar drone "for one tidy shot" at a gun system, and since then enemy soldiers are afraid of doing duty at such systems as they understand "how this could end," Ukraine's defence minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Friday.
He also said Russia has amassed more than 94,000 troops near Ukraine's borders and may be gearing up for a large-scale escalation at the end of January.
Russia-backed separatists have been fighting government troops in Ukraine's Donbass region since 2014, soon after Russia seized the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine. Kyiv says at least 14,000 people have been killed.
SOURCE: REUTERS
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