Russia-Ukraine War: Why did Turkey issue direct warning to Moscow?

The restoration of all "occupied" areas, including Turkey, has been sought by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Crimea has issued a harsh warning to Russia. Olga Lautman, a Kremlin-focused researcher and analyst and a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, shared the surprising news on Twitter. "Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, must return all the land that Russia has taken, including Crimea," she emphasized.

As per Erdogan, the Black Sea peninsula must be returned to its "rightful owners". The comments made during an interview with PBS NewsHour outside the UN General Assembly, which is in New York, are anticipated to inflame anger in Russia.

At the time of being asked if permitting Russia to keep any of the places it has taken over from Ukraine since its intervention in February should be "part of a remedy to this situation," he responded via a translator: "No, and absolutely no."


"This is what we mean when we talk about the reciprocal agreement. Returning to the area that was invaded will become crucial if peace is to be maintained in Ukraine.

"This should be expected. This is what is intended. Putin has taken some action. We have done a few things. "Ukraine will be handed the occupied areas back."

"Since 2014, we have been considering this with my great friend Putin, and we have implored him to do this," Mr. Erdogan said in response to the question of whether Russia "should be permitted to keep Crimea." We urged him to give Crimea back to its legitimate owners. They are also our descendants because they are presently residing there.




"If you decided to do this and depart, you would also be comforting Ukraine and the Crimean Tatars. That is what we have consistently said. Unfortunately, nothing has moved forward since then.

Erdogan is the latest prominent foreign official with deep ties to Russia to express concern over the war in Ukraine's escalation, dealing Putin another severe blow.

Both Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed "concerns" about the continued conflict last week, and Putin himself confirmed this.

When it was time for their meeting in Uzbekistan, which was last week, he claimed that Putin gave him the idea that he was "ready to end this as soon as possible." Regarding the conflict in Ukraine, he said: "Most critically, the attitude of the Russians would be crucial in this situation."