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Turkey has sold Ukraine significantly more of the armed drones that drew a rebuke from Russia than previously disclosed, with further deals in the pipeline, Bloomberg reported. 

Baykar, an arms manufacturer based in Istanbul, has sold dozens of drones to Ukraine since 2019, together with control stations and missiles, according to several officials and an executive at a Turkish defense company with close government ties. Orders for at least two dozen more drones are under way, the people said, asking not to be named due to the sensitivity of the subject. 

Spokespeople for both Baykar and the Turkish government declined to comment on the number of drones sold to Ukraine to date. 

The agency reminds that the defense deals come as East-West tensions spiral. The U.S. has warned European allies that Russian President Vladimir Putin is massing troops near Ukraine’s border in preparation for a possible invasion.