Turkey has its own, very clear task – to become a regional player with global ambitions and projects.
Kyiv cannot influence Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to convince the Iranian authorities not to supply drones to Russia.
About this in an interview with TSN.ua, Yevgeniya Gaber, a senior analyst at the Center for Modern Turkey Studies, said.
“Can Ukraine influence Iran through Turkey? It's difficult. It's difficult, because Turkey itself has difficult relations with Iran. Because this whole Russia-Turkey-Iran format, it was formed with completely different goals and objectives. And it's difficult, because that Turkey is supplying Bayraktars to Ukraine, therefore, accordingly, blaming Iran for supplying drones to Russia – this allegedly raises the question that Turkey refuses to supply Bayraktars to Russia. And the last but important point is that there is allegedly no official evidence yet Iranian drones, Iran officially declares that they do not supply Russia with kamikaze drones, and for Turkish diplomacy this is a unique opportunity to say: “Sorry, there are no proven facts, so there is nothing to talk about yet,” she said.
Gaber also stressed that the fact that Turkey is a NATO member cannot be ruled out, so that Turkey has the same goals as Russia and Iran is out of the question.
“Turkey has its own, very even what task is to become a regional player with global ambitions and projects, and for this it needs to be present everywhere,” the analyst concluded.
The use of drones by Russia in the war against Ukraine
In recent weeks, Russia has been actively using Iranian kamikaze drones in the war against Ukraine. The Russian Federation is attacking critical infrastructure facilities in large cities of Ukraine and, in particular, in Kyiv with drones.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on October 18 that as a result of October 10, occupants destroyed 30% of Ukrainian power plants.
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On October 11, the President of Ukraine also announced that, according to him, Russia ordered 2,400 kamikaze drones from Iran “Shaheed”.
The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said that the Russian Federation allegedly concluded a contract with Iran for purchase of Arash-2 drones. However, according to analysts, it is unlikely that the Russian military will use the Arash-2 more effectively than the Shahed-136.
According to the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Kirill Budanov said that Russia began to use Iranian drones in the war against Ukraine- kamikaze due to the fact that the number of their missiles has fallen to a critical level.
The authorities of Iran deny the fact of deliveries of drones to Russia.
Putin also lies about buying kamikaze drones from Iran.
It has also been reported that instructors from Iran are helping Russians to launch drones from the temporarily occupied Crimea and Kherson.
Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba initiated severance of diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Iran.
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