Russia accuses Ukraine of helicopter attack on oil depot in Russian city
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urkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought to leverage Turkey’s relations with Russia and Ukraine, whose leaders he recently referred to as his “dear friends.”
Turkey has supplied Bayraktar TB2 drones to Ukraine, closed the Turkish straits to Russian warships and condemned Russia at the United Nations. At the same time, Ankara refused to join in sanctions against Moscow and has kept its airspace open to Russian planes.
“A Black Sea power and NATO member with significant trade and security ties with Russia and Ukraine alike, Turkey sees itself uniquely positioned to be a facilitator, if not an actual mediator, in the war,” writes Amberin Zaman.
Zaman reports that Western governments aren’t necessarily asking Turkey to take a harder line on Russia, fearing that Moscow could retaliate in Idlib province where Turkey and Russia support opposite sides of the Syrian civil war. A Turkish official expressed similar concerns.
Wartime boost: Erdogan’s outsized diplomatic involvement in the crisis comes ahead of Turkish presidential elections next year. As Pinar Tremblay reports, Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party sees his turn on the global stage “as a God-sent opportunity to sweep the 2023 elections.” Others think the war’s economic consequences for Turkey could have the opposite effect.
Diplomatic thaw? The Turkish mediation has won praise from Western leaders, including President Joe Biden who expressed his appreciation in a rare phone call with Erdogan this month.
Turkey’s handling of the Ukraine crisis has “relatively eased Erdogan’s diplomatic isolation in the Western fold,” writes Fehim Tastekin. But “will the thaw between Turkey and its Western partners last?”
Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/original...light-amid-ukraine-russia-talks#ixzz7PDmdsTj8
Turkey has supplied Bayraktar TB2 drones to Ukraine, closed the Turkish straits to Russian warships and condemned Russia at the United Nations. At the same time, Ankara refused to join in sanctions against Moscow and has kept its airspace open to Russian planes.
“A Black Sea power and NATO member with significant trade and security ties with Russia and Ukraine alike, Turkey sees itself uniquely positioned to be a facilitator, if not an actual mediator, in the war,” writes Amberin Zaman.
Zaman reports that Western governments aren’t necessarily asking Turkey to take a harder line on Russia, fearing that Moscow could retaliate in Idlib province where Turkey and Russia support opposite sides of the Syrian civil war. A Turkish official expressed similar concerns.
Wartime boost: Erdogan’s outsized diplomatic involvement in the crisis comes ahead of Turkish presidential elections next year. As Pinar Tremblay reports, Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party sees his turn on the global stage “as a God-sent opportunity to sweep the 2023 elections.” Others think the war’s economic consequences for Turkey could have the opposite effect.
Diplomatic thaw? The Turkish mediation has won praise from Western leaders, including President Joe Biden who expressed his appreciation in a rare phone call with Erdogan this month.
Turkey’s handling of the Ukraine crisis has “relatively eased Erdogan’s diplomatic isolation in the Western fold,” writes Fehim Tastekin. But “will the thaw between Turkey and its Western partners last?”
Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/original...light-amid-ukraine-russia-talks#ixzz7PDmdsTj8
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bidens don't really care where people get their oil as long as biden's battery mines are propped up by induced scarcity of fossil fuel.