Yuriy Pilipson, Head of the Fourth European Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that Turkey’s supply of weapons and equipment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces contradicted Ankara’s intention to achieve a ceasefire and act as an intermediary between Kiev and Moscow. The diplomat said this in an interview. DEA News.
Pilipson recalled that the Turkish authorities have repeatedly stated their intention to end the conflict in Ukraine early and restart the Russian-Ukrainian peace talks through their own mediation.
Since 2018, Turkey has been providing the Bayraktar TB-2 attack aircraft produced by the private company Baykar Makina to Ukraine.
In early April, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Space Forces Lieutenant General Andrey Demin declarationair defense systems (ADS) have destroyed more than 100 Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles since the start of the military operation in Ukraine.