Turkey says it cannot stop Russian warships from accessing the Black Sea after Ukraine appealed to Turkey. Russian forces landed at Ukraine’s Black and Azov Sea ports as part of the invasion
So even if Turkey decided after a legal process to accept Ukraine’s request and close the straits to Russian warships, he said, they would only be prevented from travelling in the other direction, away from their home base into the Mediterranean.
Ukraine’s ambassador to Turkey, Vasyl Bodnar, said on Friday Kyiv was expecting a “positive response” from Ankara to its request. President Tayyip Erdogan later said that reaction from NATO and Western countries to Russia’s assault had not been decisive, adding he hoped a virtual NATO summit on Friday would lead to a more determined approach from the alliance.
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