<p>Ukraine's envoy to Turkey on Thursday expressed "sadness" over a chant of "Vladimir Putin" that rang out at a Champions League qualifying round football match in Istanbul involving Dynamo Kyiv.</p>.<p>Images on social media showed a section of Fenerbahce's packed stadium singing the Russian president's name in response to Dynamo's first goal against the Istanbul side on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The Ukrainians won the match 2-1 after drawing 0-0 in the home leg played in Poland because of Russia's invasion.</p>.<p>They now progress to the third round of qualifying while Fenerbahce are knocked out.</p>.<p>"It is very sad to hear the words of support from Fenerbahce's fans for a Russian murderer and aggressor who bombed our country," Ukraine's ambassador Vasyl Bodnar tweeted.</p>.<p>Fenerbahce said their fans' behaviour "does not represent the stance and values of our club".</p>.<p>But the club also argued that the chant "lasted only 20 seconds" and issued no formal apology.</p>.<p>"We condemn both our country and our club being implicated on this issue," Fenerbahce said in a statement.</p>.<p>Europe's football governing body UEFA said it was appointing an ethics and disciplinary investigator to look into "alleged misbehaviour" by the Istanbul fans.</p>.<p>Putin's name is associated in Kyiv with both the five-month invasion and a Kremlin-backed separatist conflict that has claimed more than 14,000 lives in Ukraine's southeast since 2014.</p>.<p>Putin now questions the Ukrainian nation's right to exist and brands its leaders as "Nazis" who must be deposed.</p>.<p>Dynamo's irate Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu refused to attend the mandatory post-match press conference in protest at the chant.</p>.<p>"I did not expect such a chant," he said in a statement released to Turkish media. "It is a pity."</p>.<p>Turkey is generally popular among many Ukrainians because of its military support for Kyiv's Western-backed government.</p>.<p>The Ukrainian army has used Turkey's Bayraktar TB2 combat drones to attack Russian armoured columns and slow the Kremlin's push into the Donbas war zone in the east.</p>.<p>Ukraine now has a "Bayraktar" radio station and the drones feature in popular songs.</p>.<p>The private company said on Thursday it was donating another drone to Ukraine in response to a fundraising effort in Poland aimed at collecting millions of dollars for the purchase of one of the unmanned aerial vehicles on Kyiv's behalf.</p>.<p>The Ukrainian ambassador thanked Turkey's drone makers in another tweet.</p>.<p>"Bayraktar will remain a symbol of friendship between our countries for many years," Bodnar wrote.</p>.<p>But Turkish media report that Putin has suggested to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Russia -- in search of better combat drone support -- start producing the Bayraktars to help its own war effort.</p>.<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not deny the offer when asked about it by reporters on Wednesday.</p>.<p>"Military and technological cooperation is always on the two countries' agenda," Peskov said.</p>
<p>Ukraine's envoy to Turkey on Thursday expressed "sadness" over a chant of "Vladimir Putin" that rang out at a Champions League qualifying round football match in Istanbul involving Dynamo Kyiv.</p>.<p>Images on social media showed a section of Fenerbahce's packed stadium singing the Russian president's name in response to Dynamo's first goal against the Istanbul side on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The Ukrainians won the match 2-1 after drawing 0-0 in the home leg played in Poland because of Russia's invasion.</p>.<p>They now progress to the third round of qualifying while Fenerbahce are knocked out.</p>.<p>"It is very sad to hear the words of support from Fenerbahce's fans for a Russian murderer and aggressor who bombed our country," Ukraine's ambassador Vasyl Bodnar tweeted.</p>.<p>Fenerbahce said their fans' behaviour "does not represent the stance and values of our club".</p>.<p>But the club also argued that the chant "lasted only 20 seconds" and issued no formal apology.</p>.<p>"We condemn both our country and our club being implicated on this issue," Fenerbahce said in a statement.</p>.<p>Europe's football governing body UEFA said it was appointing an ethics and disciplinary investigator to look into "alleged misbehaviour" by the Istanbul fans.</p>.<p>Putin's name is associated in Kyiv with both the five-month invasion and a Kremlin-backed separatist conflict that has claimed more than 14,000 lives in Ukraine's southeast since 2014.</p>.<p>Putin now questions the Ukrainian nation's right to exist and brands its leaders as "Nazis" who must be deposed.</p>.<p>Dynamo's irate Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu refused to attend the mandatory post-match press conference in protest at the chant.</p>.<p>"I did not expect such a chant," he said in a statement released to Turkish media. "It is a pity."</p>.<p>Turkey is generally popular among many Ukrainians because of its military support for Kyiv's Western-backed government.</p>.<p>The Ukrainian army has used Turkey's Bayraktar TB2 combat drones to attack Russian armoured columns and slow the Kremlin's push into the Donbas war zone in the east.</p>.<p>Ukraine now has a "Bayraktar" radio station and the drones feature in popular songs.</p>.<p>The private company said on Thursday it was donating another drone to Ukraine in response to a fundraising effort in Poland aimed at collecting millions of dollars for the purchase of one of the unmanned aerial vehicles on Kyiv's behalf.</p>.<p>The Ukrainian ambassador thanked Turkey's drone makers in another tweet.</p>.<p>"Bayraktar will remain a symbol of friendship between our countries for many years," Bodnar wrote.</p>.<p>But Turkish media report that Putin has suggested to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Russia -- in search of better combat drone support -- start producing the Bayraktars to help its own war effort.</p>.<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not deny the offer when asked about it by reporters on Wednesday.</p>.<p>"Military and technological cooperation is always on the two countries' agenda," Peskov said.</p>