As Middle East Eye informed, Turkey is supplying Ukraine with heavy machine guns and has already delivered more than 600 units
Ankara was already known to have been quietly arming Kyiv since the beginning of the war last year with armed drones, laser-guided missiles, protective gear, and armoured vehicles.
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But it has recently started to supply Canik M2 heavy machine gun models, which could be used by ground troops as well as combined with armoured vehicles.
One source said several contracts were signed with Turkish private arms producer Canik in March.
The second source said more than 600 had already been delivered to Kyiv to be used by several services, including military and intelligence.
"The deal envisions a much larger number delivered than 600; more will be sent in coming months," the source added.
One Ankara-based expert said that each machine gun was estimated to be priced between $15,000 and $20,000, which puts the value of the current delivery above $10m.
The defence blog Armourer Bench reported last month, based on publicly available pictures, that two models of the Turkish-made M2 heavy machine guns were introduced in Ukraine since April.
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