Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. File photoANKARA, Feb 23Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara cannot abandon Russia, despite the aggravation of the situation around Ukraine. «We cannot abandon both (Russia and Ukraine — ed.). We have political, military and economic relations with Russia. We have there are also political, military and economic relations with Ukraine. If you say: «Give up Ukraine», we cannot refuse, because the interests of our country are very advanced here. If you say: «Give up Russia», we cannot refuse either. from her, because we have a really advanced relationship with her now,» the Turkish leader said, answering questions from reporters on the plane after returning from an African tour. jpg» />Erdogan plans talks with Putin after NATO summit The leadership of the DPR and LPR announced the temporary evacuation of citizens to the Rostov region in connection with the threat of Ukraine's invasion. It primarily concerns women, children and the elderly. As stated by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky will soon order the military to launch an offensive in the Donbass, to implement a plan to invade the DPR and LPR. On Saturday, February 19, the leaders of the DPR and LPR signed decrees on general mobilization. On Monday, after an extraordinary large meeting of the Security Council, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the citizens of the Russian Federation and stated that he considers it necessary to make a decision to immediately recognize the sovereignty of the LPR and DPR, since those who embarked on the path of bloodshed, violence and lawlessness, they did not recognize and do not recognize any other solution to the conflict in Donbass, except for the military one. Immediately after the address, the president in the Kremlin signed decrees recognizing the LPR and the DPR.The development of the situation in the Donbass — in the online report >>
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