Turkey wants to turn the other cheek with Russia? On the 24th local time, Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine, using fighter jets, tactical missiles and cruise missiles to launch air strikes and strikes against Ukrainian strategic targets, paralyzing 118 Ukrainian military targets in more than a day, and shooting down more than 10 Ukrainian military aircraft, including Su-24 and Su-27 fighters. As the fighting progressed, Ukraine suffered even greater losses, and important targets, including several strategic airfields, were captured by the Russian army. In order to prevent the Russian army from the Black Sea attack, on the 25th local time, Ukraine made a request to Turkey, asking Turkey to restrict Russian warships from passing through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, and then Turkish Foreign Minister Chavushoglu said that Turkey may close the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits and prevent Russian warships from passing, but even so, the 7 Russian ships that entered the Black Sea a few days ago still have the right to return to their bases in the Baltic Sea and the Northern Fleet through these two straits.
In fact, on the issue of Donbass, Turkey has always supported Ukraine, after Russia recognized the state status of Donetsk and Luhansk, Turkey quickly jumped out and spoke out, saying that Russia's decision was unacceptable, in addition, Turkey also provided a large number of TB-2 drones to Ukraine, and even in the battle on February 24, the Ukrainian army also used Turkish-made TB-2 drones, destroying a number of Russian T-72 and T-80 tanks and armored personnel carriers, But there are also a number of TB-2 drones shot down by Russian air defense systems, and Turkey will also provide more TB-2 drones to Ukraine.
