himself, and then antonio gutierrez will join them, and in this program, well , erdoğan's proposalslude a discussion of a successful , allegedly implemented initiatives to export grain, and it is also likely that erdogan's offer to meet with putin will offer some kind of meeting, and the third is some kind of well, an illusory truce, well, at least a cease-fire is not peace, but a cessation fire, what are you? what do you know, what can be on the agenda of this meeting, what are the topics for discussion, please? well, i know the same thing that everyone knows. that is , i do not have any of my insider information about what serdogan brought, and i think that the sources that inform they are not far from part of the agenda , it is so clear that irtugan is interested in increasing his weight as a negotiator as a mediator, and this primarily gives him more chances to win the elections during the elections next year well, this, so to speak, removes the slant from him, well, there is such a slanted view from the europeans that turkey did not join the sanctions, but we did not join becau

it erdogan is a good person to turn to. , ., ., ~' erdogan is a good person to turn to. , ., ., ~ .,out. _ turn to. if he is looking for a way out, what _ turn to. if he is looking for a way out, what might - turn to. if he is looking for a way out, what might that i turn to. if he is looking for a i way out, what might that mean for the areas of ukraine that russia has already captured? right. these are step—by—step things. first he let the grain shipments out even though that was putting pressure on the west and the rest of the world, then you do something about the nuclear plant. i think these are all trial balloons by vladimir putin who is very smart and understands military affairs and he must know by now that he is not going to succeed in overrunning all of ukraine. sooner or later he has to find a way out of this crisis. i don't think that time is now but i think he is building, block by block, a basis for shifting to that kind of compromise ceasefire, peacekeeper solution, when and if the time comes.— if the time comes. ultimately, do ou if the time comes. ultimately, do you

do you think president erdogan can seal this| president erdogan can seal this deal? the temporary deal? i think the temporary deal on the _ deal? i think the temporary deal on the inspection - deal? i think the temporary deal on the inspection of i deal? i think the temporary l deal on the inspection of the nuclear plant, i think that he and antonio guterres and president erdogan has played an important role and we will see success there. whether we can work more, i think they really hope they can find some kind of ceasefire, a possible way out of this crisis.— of this crisis. thank you for our of this crisis. thank you for your insights, _ of this crisis. thank you for your insights, appreciate . of this crisis. thank you for| your insights, appreciate it. state media in somalia say security forces are trying to contain an attack on a hotel in the capital, mogadishu. the assault on the hayat began with the detonation of at least two car bombs followed by a fierce gunfight. dozens of guests and staff are reported to have been rescued. the islamist militant group, al—

ultimately, do you think president erdogan can seal this deal?ion of the nuclear plant, i think that he and guterres and now macron have all played an important role, and i think we will see success there. guterres whether we can work further on, this is what gutierrez and erdogan both said in their press statements after the meeting with zelensky, i think they've really hope that they can find some kind of ceasefire, a possible way out of this crisis which is impacting on not only the region but the whole world. state media in somalia say security forces are trying to contain an attack on a hotel in the capital, mogadishu. the assault on the hayat began with the detonation of at least two car bombs followed by a fierce gunfight. dozens of guests and staff are reported to have been rescued. the islamist militant group, al—shabab, says it is carrying out the attack. you're watching bbc news, our top story: el shafee elsheikh, a former british member of the so—called islamic state group, is jailed for life for his role in the murder of western host

erdogan is all about that, although no, erdogan also sold erdogan to zelensky, in general , well done memorandum, and the restoration of the ukrainian infrastructure, but here, too, probably nothing surprising. it is strange that erdogan offered me zelensky to buy ukrainian grain, which was recently delivered to turkey to buy. this grain is possible. also with a markup. erdogan also said that he intends to discuss the results of the negotiations in lvov in the very near future. we are watching with putin. he is meeting with the president of ukraine and other leaders in lviv to find a way out of the war in ukraine, this comes amid claims by the ukrainian armed forces to launch a counter-offensive in the south of the country, an official told the bbc what do they plan to capture, the city of kherson in a few weeks? what are the chances of a breakthrough between the ukrainian leader in time and the highest -ranking un diplomat, the little russians can corner antonio guterres using a un lawyer despite the fact that erdogan found his role as regional mr. comrade autocrat vladimir putin the

erdoğan from putin seems to me to be the most important task, what did erdoğan come with and why did not pay a visit to ukraine for so long, the expectations are high but the most difficult i agree with mr. knyazhytsky to president zelenskiy because he cannot, as far as i'm concerned, accept the proposals that erdoğan has offered him, no negotiations with putin can be held so far, the ukrainian side can't talk to him about blackmail, putin does not have any victories for his internal consumer and he is looking for options, we see the belarusian territory replenished with russian missiles - this is a kind of blackmail, we see what is happening at the largest nuclear power plant in zaporizhzhia, this is also blackmail, but already blackmail not only of ukraine, but of the whole world. i would like to finally hear today, and this is my sincere desire answers, when will this santa blackmail at the zaporizhzhia power plant be stopped, and will ukrainians, as well as europeans, feel safe in the end, because otherwise these are very difficult questions to which there is no answer yet, but e

he means armenia, erdogan turks. must say all the bad things. protura. same logical, because it is an armenian. yes, well, in this , in this, and let's say, the incident lies, you understand the whole truth there, because even if i say what it means, what i say is true, because i am armenian. yes, that's why i say it, but because he is the logic of things, for example, you say, yes, erdogan is good there, they went through an intermediary and so on. i don't mind cool and macron god mediate and merkel mediate, but they failed to earn points, how can erdo? he has a more eastern grip you know, he can and he can. so even to the detriment of us, we will support him anyway, which is what i meant when i wanted to say, i quote erdogan, turkey supports the territorial values ​​of the integrity of ukraine's insulin, we support our ukrainian friends and will continue to do so. what does it mean that they will supply weapons, they will supply. this is bayrak what's new nothing new? i state this, i am not saying anything new, i a

but i think that erdoğan does not want only certain concessions.e also wants the black sea. karadenism is turkish or not, but it is also for putin. well, i'm not saying go away the whole black sea but still a big role to be played there well, but for putin it's probably even if no one is paid, well, it's true uh, such information appeared that in exchange for uh, turkey's support for this plan to put pressure on ukraine uh putin will allow turkey to deal with the kurds who are today in the part of syria that borders turkey and to solve this so -called capital course, well, we can only guess how much it has happened but i think that very quickly and very soon we will see everything this is due to the practical actions of both russia and turkey and in this context well, i will tell you frankly, i do not see a big difference between what putin says regarding ukraine and the resolution of the ukrainian issue and what erdoğan says regarding the resolution of the kursk issue, because the kurds are a people this is a country that has the right to its nati

erdogan is building four ukrainian corvettes, so erdogan.f ukraine like this. but on the other hand, that you didn’t go somewhere crazy, because he has a lot of russia, so to speak, and he absolutely doesn’t need business and projects, so that too the whole region collapsed. in addition, already his region, so i’m here, as it were, erdogan’s motivation for me here , as it were, the most, of course. it's not very clear to me. he is there. uh, here, as if i understand my questions, which ones he decides, but, and what else globally in this situation, whose is he there? because if all these interesting conversations, negotiations, uh, took place outside the context of nuclear blackmail by ukraine, about which the ministry of defense, uh, declares that it is possible, tomorrow, august 19, they, and ukraine can go to something to confirm their words with more and what -something actions, but these here's blackmail. it brings us back to the global situation in terms of our confrontation. this is the story of the zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant wi

erdogan. i had to position myself as mediator. they're all crazy now, so go uh erdogan.ing to zelensky, what he agreed with vladimir vladimirovich oh well further on zelensky’s behavior , we may be able to understand what exactly he handed over, but the fact that erdogan made an application for istanbul as a platform for future negotiations. it 's definitely 40 minutes. it could be done, everything else. sorry, you won't have time in 40 minutes, but nevertheless. i agree with you that gutaria is solving some of her problems, perhaps erdogan ticks. i understand, what problems does it solve. uh, well, since he really has his own image and a negotiator and an acting one. he seems to be in nato. he seems to have met with putin. it's clear to him. everything is growing, of course. in this sense, as if on a tremble, by the way, to the question of what you are bottling up. eh, how are you? are you saying he was named? more precisely, he allowed himself to be used. well, let's listen to what zelensky said after the meeting with erdogan. and how did khlestakov describe all this h

well, it's obvious that erdogan wants recognition, erdogan wants some benefits for his work, we have to understand that it's really quite a lot for us helped, we have to recognize this at the diplomatic level, we just have to use this chance to initiate permanent, adequate contact at the highest level, so that in fact this mediator began to work, well, also on ours, on us, just as it works on other participants in this confrontation, mr. oleksandr, i would like to return somewhat to the topic of the united states and that letter. mr. pana responded to the depression at the briefing that at each stage of the war , the us aid to ukraine was adapted to the situation at the front. now i will say unpopular things . they help, but can we now talk about the fact that, in general, the united states is satisfied with the effectiveness of the work of the armed forces of ukraine and with how effectively we grind in essence the russians and the longer this process of grinding will take place? it is better, that is, the liquidation of the russian army as such, the reduction of its power is the un

erdogan.fortunately, we did not manage to maintain a positive atmosphere and to bring an end to the bloodshed, there are those who support the continuation of the war, this is the end of the quote. well, in addition to that, president erdogan mentioned the agreement on the export of ukrainian grain and added that the government of his country will continue to make maximum efforts so that there is no wolf crisis in the world. now i believe that it will continue to make because it's in his interests, it's what he needs in the first place well, we're moving on, any shelling of nuclear power plants is suicide , so i hope they stop like this secretary general of the united nations, antonio utelish, commented on the shelling of the zaporizhzhia power plant by russian troops, while the general secretary added that he also hopes that representatives of the international atomic energy agency, which is abbreviated as megate, will be allowed to visit the plant for an inspection. in addition , mr. guteris

where exactly does erdogan understand the limit?y military cooperation with russia, or rather her the absence of ankara in nato, but not only this became an argument, turkey wants to gain a leadership position in the black sea region and a strong russia does not need it at all, and therefore putin's attempts to persuade erdogan to supply baryachts quite logically failed, and in general, ukraine's loss of independence to turkey is already certain not on hand ukraine is important for turkey, first of all, as a balance and a counterbalance to russian influence in the black sea. therefore, the preservation of ukraine as a sovereign state is a key issue for turkey, because strengthening russia in the black sea, in the mediterranean or in syria is a threat to turkey itself, for a reason, since the beginning of the war in ukraine, turkey has blocked the passage of military ships through the bosphorus. this helped us buy time and later trade with military equipment for russia and stolen ukrainian grain . began to overlook this is not a new

in the future there is a part of society that supports president erdoğan, there is a part of societyat does not support what indicator we will go to the elections it will be seen in the next year, but it often happened in our country that certain external activities overlapped. let's say that there may be a lack of work or outright sabotage in the context of domestic politics. rather, it is not domestic policy sabotage, but economic issues that overlap. because of the fact that the turkish economy suffers from er, it generally shows a decline since the time of the pandemic, but then it was possible to contain it, but the war of russia against ukraine in the region undermined the er economy. from the day and let's say that this is one of those issues that affects the decision of the electorate, therefore, with these foreign policy issues, they rather try to cover the economic ones, but still the economy is stabilized, including those issues of cooperation with russia, i can only say about how in the headlines today, the mass media talked about yesterday's historic visit to the black s

he could do to insist cnntürk writes that erdogan will invite zelensky for talks with putin, russiaeady, the publication reported that allegedly the day before zelensky, erdogan and guterres themselves were observed in lviv that russia is ready to soften his tough position on the issue of direct negotiations between the head of the kremlin and the ukrainian president, the journalists stated, citing unnamed sources, that putin allegedly hinted at the negotiations with serdogan on august 5 that he might meet with zelenskyi. and now, in order to stop the war, the russian side announced - first, the leaders can discuss and determine the road map, then the delegations can start work on implementing this road map into life, it was noted on the channel well , dugan himself should arrive in lviv literally in these minutes from poland by car well, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyi is already in lviv, he visited a hospital with ukrainian defenders in the lviv region, this is stated in the telegram of the ukrainian president, he wrote the following lviv hospital where medical aid is prov

erdogan is not afraid.nd decisive leader. this is how erdogan is. although my colleagues, when they said today that the americans, after all, in this regard, and they have a very serious agenda, are extremely a short time and that they have prepared and govern the whole world. all of a sudden, today they have identified themselves in this agony, they have revealed all their achievements, previous ones, both positive and negative, and today they will be in turkey if suddenly something happens. this is not the way to change the leader. i don't doubt it one bit. this is their number one mission. well, back to the meeting. putin erdogan in sochi was thanked by our president to his turkish counterpart for the package decision on the supply of fertilizer for russian food exports. and here are what words for this were used by vladimir putin with the participation and with the mediation of the secretary of this united nations organization, the issue related to the supply was resolved, and ukrainian grain from the b

i would not rule out that erdogan was also trolling a little. and the kosyr dagan makes peace. i don't think guteresh felt. i'm very comfortable, a hutter that he is there only for details. uh, the food deal, or something, can talk about what the secretary general of the united nations is all about visa issues. vaughn can not decide on the american general assembly, they want to let them in there, but you want not to let them in, but on big political issues. he took water in his mouth with airdogan against this background in lvov declared himself. that is, he clearly shaded very seriously. i cannot rule out this element either, because turkey also has a question about it. yes, he just came and offered constantinople as a city in which zelensky could sign a surrender in the near future. well, in general, this option cannot be ruled out, but it is much more interesting. uh. i am vladimir vladimirovich how to count why here? and guterish managed to organize his visit to lvov. yes, and iaea inspectors whom, by the way, he actually controls are still

i took a picture with him, erdogan really says that all this is for the convenience of russian tourists turkish business, which offers services for them, what effect will the introduced changes have for both countries? if we talk about the long-term effect, please do not understand, mr. alexander that if we are talking in general about the fact that i am paying for gas in rubles, what is with it the acceptance of the entry, more precisely, of turkish banks, this system of measures or the world, and these are those economic changes that can be rolled back quite quickly, why are we so why can you say that because joining the mir system, this system is actually the author for the russian economy, that is, a completely closed system that, apart from turkey, has nowhere to go and few banks join it , well , it is actually possible to get out of this card system very quickly if for this will create favorable conditions if we are talking about paying for gas in rubles, again, we remember that at one time, if i am not mistaken, two or three months ago, some german firms, german banks and even so

why did erdogan come there?ot because there, for example, i think that no erdogan transmitted anything. from putin, no one wants to hear anything in kiev, which is transmitted from putin . i only think about this nuclear plant, but they said that this is a very problematic story and they asked the ukrainian side for sure to stop this kind of provocation, but zelensky came out very dissatisfied. he would be very unhappy with the fact that some people really came not to bring him some other batch of weapons or some political support, but they told him that someone did not like it. they want and understand that the problem with this nuclear power plant can only be the result of an attack by the ukrainian side, there can be no problems in any other side. by the way, speaking sides. i've been telling you. i mentioned it yesterday. here's the infographic. look again, they said the ministry of defense. yes. in the same place, simply by the wind rose. well, when possessing the wind. here is the direction there, by the w

next, we will also talk about the meeting with president erdoğan, this meeting is not yet in progressan official notification that it has ended, so we may be able to learn the latest information during the broadcast, what did they decide, what did the high-ranking officials agree on, i will remind you what we have now broadcast on the espresso tv channel on the nta tv channel . we are also on social networks in the youtube space, you can watch us. thank you to all those who are watching us now. this is a youtube channel that says great lviv. we invite you to subscribe if you have not yet subscribed and give this broadcast your likes . that this will help it to spread on youtube, more people will be able to join this broadcast and find out what we will talk about here and hear information that is important to us mykola knyazhytskyi, let 's start with you if that's what we started with what are these important international visits in lviv now ? how significant can they be as a result according to their results? what are your predictions about this? well, you see the role of turkish pres

erdogan has not yet mentioned other details, but the question is open where the red line passes in erdogan'sh russia . greetings to you good day i congratulate you on the second of the month you know so often putin meets only with lukashenka and now with serdogan why does he need this and what does redugan need from putin well this is the situation when putin reprimanded and erdoğan, putin needs a lot of things that connect them, that is, when talking about red lines, as far as i know, we are not talking about any kind of military-technological cooperation, after all, talks about the parameters of arms supply are very sensitive issues and i i do not think that turkey will go so far as to open some kind of joint production and transfer technologies to russia, knowing that they are on different sides of the barricades and in nagorno-karabakh and in syria in the left and in other conflicts, but where are they they can cooperate, they will certainly cooperate, this is the first thing, the economy is now in a very difficult situation in turkey, economic inflation is 80-100 percent, and this is no

and thirdly, we we also know that in 2023, already in 10 months erdoğan erdoğan is waiting for electionsthe same time the situation in turkey itself is economic, it is not very good , let's say it like this in turkish, that is, in my opinion, the main motives regarding the russian federation very, very succinctly, well, we also analyze the sources, we look at what they say, what is happening on the front, that is, the totality of all, let's say, events, well, we see that putin, in turn , made a strategic miscalculation, that is he did not expect such resistance, he did not expect that it would help, in particular, with weapons and finances. he also did not expect that a huge number of sanctions would be imposed, that is why i believe that these two, that is, the motives of these two states. wants in turn er him very much a pause is needed, this is if the situation shows, as they tell us, on the fronts, and economically, because they are the russian federation, it would actually fly into the abyss if they did not rob there, that everything is fine with them, that they have an unlimited am

asked erdoğan to travel to ukraine to convey a message.the main reason why erdoğan came at all? well, i don't know whether it was to convey a message or whether it was the initiative of erdoğan himself because i i remind myself that he is actively engaged in promotion and promotion, as well as promotion, as an intermediary. i would like to draw attention to the fact that turkey is not yet at least a nuclear power in the sense that it does not even have a peaceful atom, they have an agreement with the russians about building on the territory of turkey nuclear power plant and the russians supposedly already transferred up to 4 billion dollars to them there, for that they transferred this money to turkey. i even have something that is very important for the turkish economy now and for the political power, respectively, of the republic of turkey eh but nevertheless, radugan is even trying to mediate eh nuclear negotiations, that's why macron is jealous because france is still a nuclear power, they have very seriously developed nuclear power an

perhaps erdogan will raise the more global issue of ending the war with putin.on of what concessions putin will demand from ukraine immediately arises. ardigan with one hand he gives ukraine berktars with one hand he as if says that we support our brothers crimean tatars well, with the other hand he once again signs and fulfills contracts with russia earns from russia and that erdoğan is very pragmatic here. i would say such a cynical game. well , you have to deal with what is. you see, he even said that putin is not my enemy. he tells me that zelensky is not an enemy. i am not an enemy yet. i communicate with everyone, that is, yes. it's such a cynical pragmatic game of turkish diplomacy in this context, i'm more uh, it seems to me that now a message has passed about what yarmak seems to have said about it, or at least with reference to him that the first document is being prepared, uh, about the guarantee it is already very interesting for ukraine. and what will be written in this document, how realistic is it, how much does it reflect the interests of the ukr

spoke about it, the president of ukraine said, erdogan said that the success of the negotiations in istanbul supposedly opens a certain window for further peace negotiations with this is what zelensky said to russia about the end of the war: this is a window for russian weapons, and if russia wanted peace, it would not have shelled ukrainian cities and killed people, and he especially emphasized that first russia should leave ukraine and withdraw its troops, and then i would said zelenskyi will come later. that is, it was possible to understand that zelenskyi is very skeptical about the negotiations and then a little later erdogan spoke and he already detailed his proposals that it is necessary to use the achievements of istanbul in order to start these negotiations and it was clear that such a discussion at the press conference was in absentia, which could mean that during the negotiations there was such a heated discussion. well, since the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, dmytro kuleba, during the negotiations, he turned on facebook there and told us that no one does not en

western values that neither erdogan or putin take seriously.sure points over erdogan, such as almost half of turkey's gas consumption comes from russia. but, more importantly, putin realises — and we saw this in the grain deal that the terrorists and erdogan and guterres cut with putin a few weeks ago, and is working well. putin realises he is getting a bad public relations black eye for some of things he is doing: blocking food shipments — one thing, allowing this largest nuclear plant in all of europe to perhaps go out of control is another — another chernobyl. therefore putin is looking for ways out and erdogan is a good person to turn to. james jeffrey, former ambassador to jamesjeffrey, former ambassador to turkey. we go to east africa now. reports from the somali capital, mogadishu, say at least eight civilians have been killed during the ongoing occupation of a hotel by islamist militants. the assault on the hayat began with the detonation of at least two car bombs followed by a fierce gunfight. dozens of guests and staff are reported to

please tell me how much turkey and erdoğan are currently acting in line with what the president of therussian federation, vladimir putin, would like to see in syria. it should be emphasized that in the context of a full-scale invasion of ukraine russia is gradually including objectively losing its positions eh, including in the series, at the same time eh, a bigger role is played by iran, especially in the east of this country, respectively, russia as a whole eh, we are considering considering the interests of turkey eh more serious and therefore it is likely to make certain concessions, especially regarding the expansion of this so -called security zone in the north of the series of expansion of this zone by turkey, and here is also important the point that yesterday between the president of turkey and the prime minister of israel it was agreed on the restoration of full-fledged diplomatic relations between turkey and israel, which is also important for the balancing of interests in the syrian summit, including russia early on, and accordingly, we have the fact that turkey wins here,

really want to start a nuclear power plant erdogan erdoğan wants cheap gas, he wants money and he wantsto continue a successful campaign for him, he started this grain promotion. to be positioned both in the world and in the domestic political arena. putin needs a window , he needs opportunities, he needs a country through which sanctions can be circumvented. for putin, it is important that they come to him. he is not completely isolated. this is erdogan's size. these contacts legitimize putin. putin needs them. consolidate , as he thinks, his successes in the war against ukraine, for this he is ready to negotiate and make the current front line a border and present it as a victory, well, putin needs to sell his gas and do it in such a way as to violate european unity regarding the refusal to pay in rubles or from europe, we did not succeed, but here it is obvious that it will partially succeed, yes. well, putin needs trading partners from europe, will it fall, do they understand that the window of opportunity on the main market is closed and we need to look for some substitutes, in par

putin and erdogan in the russian city of sochi.ase tell me , in your opinion, it was a meeting of two equals. did someone come as a vassal? and someone was there as a sovereign. i think it was a meeting of two lame ducks. was in a better situation and er could satisfy or not to satisfy the interests of the other side and vice versa in other issues putin is like a lame duck and is forced to turn to erdoğan and it was against this background that these negotiations took place and who needed this meeting more for both sides and for erdoğan he has elections next year, he has high inflation, he has a tense internal political situation, he needs an operation in force in order to start resettlement back, research, not back to their homes, but back to this country, some of the refugees are well needed money, erdogan really wants to start a nuclear power plant, redagang wants cheap gas, erdogan wants money and wants to continue what has been successful for him , uh, here is this grain campaign. arena, putin needs a window , he needs opportu

spoil relations with turkey erdogan this is known to erdogan this is known because yes, they cannot beagainst turkey, uh, they can in the future achieve that, uh, turkey will cease to be a member of nato, they will lose uh, the only nato member that is located in asia territorial, which borders on iran, which is an enemy of the united states and an enemy. west is the second largest. yes, yes, because in order to leave nato you need to rearm, what they say, you understand. i am i say more promising. i'm talking about prospects, that is, you understand that the west actually can not afford to pump itself up so much, but on turkey and erdogan knows this, as for a more sovereign approach to turkey, friends, friends, please, what are the discussions in ours, please, about which they talk less, that is, it's all right. it really is a save. reserve, but this process is also not so fast, because anyway, if you buy gas, well, mikhail knows, too. naturally, if you buy gas, it is still on the world market. it is valued in dollars. you have to convert the exchange rates, it's still in dollars, but

what is this meeting in lviv and volodymyr zelenskiy at this meeting erdogan decides? we are talking about some compromises, in particular about the grain year, if you remember, there is always putin's benefit, what will happen here, what he will ask for himself, by the way, not only that there will be some separate steps related to the non-imposition of sanctions, for example sanctions yes, well, ask what was the situation with grain before the grain agreement, when russia received a certain relaxation on the side of food items, and which of the tasks is directly solved by erdogan, taking into account the fact that he has already repeatedly stated that he wants to help e-e in the organization of peace negotiations directly and chapters of the state and president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi and putin, well, look, erdogan shows that he is probably the most necessary person in the black sea region, it is also important to him, in fact, he shows the turkish to the citizens because in turkey, by the way , elections are next year for him, too. he needs to demonstrate his

erdogan is keen to bring an end to theonflict and stability to the region.ut i think erdogan sees the opportunitto play the world leadg figure in the only man who can bring the sides together, given the fact he has close ties with ukrainian and russian presidents, and he sees this as an opportunity of ringing -- of bringing them together, which he knows will play welwith supporters in turkey and reelectionext year. also, if he is successful to bring some kind of peacethis will also silent criticism of turkeyclose tieso putin, which they haveaced growing criticism from western alliances, especially since turkey is not enforcing western sanctions against russia. nicole: dorian jones in and stengel, -- instanbul, thank you. authorities are searching for survivors of russian shelling in ukraine second city. they say at least 11 people were killed in a strike on an apartment building. the city in northeastern ukraine has been subjected to continual russian strikes since the start of the war. another seven people have been killedin shelling, and in one of their ne

you know erdogan. rdokan, as for me, he can be an intermediary for all nuclear power plants in ukraine because it will hurt them if there is a further terrorist attack on ukrainian trucks. i understood everything about it. excuse me, she is already so frightened if erdogan’s eyebrows change now, i understand that there is a problem inside him of liberalizing the strength of the ottoman national axis, i understand all this, but in fact europe today it is believed that i don’t give a damn ursula fondulyan schultz or macron will ru. there, which northern stream will erdogan decide to use? what kind of gas will europe receive if it blocks more and then i realized that it will block a couple more substances unconditional economic surrender, that is, the sanctions will not expire 7 seconds. see how they got on. thanks a lot. no, i beg your pardon. we just have a military commissar in touch. we cherish this, we yes. with this you can, the connection can always be lost at any moment. so this is the military co

and here erdogan is again trying to position himself as such a peacemaker and such a savior.already brought this peacekeeping drive to the absurd. ideologies of the table please explain this framework turkish peacekeeping ara framework turkish peacekeeping you know it is very floating it depends on its own benefits specifically they they say that we are giving a platform, we are calling for peace, we are organizing the export of grain , including stolen grain, which also goes there with the departure of various ships from the crimea, and they are turning a blind eye to this. well, at the same time, we are not only talking about grain, but also about corn, there are other food products, and now ukraine is also interested in, for example, the export of metal to expand the list of things that can go through turkish ports, respectively, turkey will support it in every possible way, obviously and encourage, but in return, indeed, being one of the largest exporters of russia to the european union, having actually increased exports over the last year and the last few months to recor

actually, erdogan is playing his own game, and we need to understand that unfortunately, we erdoğan isre very , very needed there, well, they are needed as much as we are useful to him so far, unfortunately, it is another matter that the collective event must understand that they have to, well, very, very carefully follow those what are you doing? i don't think that he will go against the west there or start helping the military in the coordinate system, but that he will be the last bridge for negotiations. well, yes . including on tourists and on transit and here he is from ukraine with ukraine and agreed on minus 25% on the horizon with russia, he agreed on cheaper gas there, he calmly accepts stolen he does everything only to benefit himself because he needs to win the elections, he needs to go forward and he should be in fact, in the right, so that everyone remembers him as a person who really has contact with the aggressor, and maybe there are some things, some moments, that restrain this person, the company, the generals. we will put a lot of hope on president rdogan, although a

list is traditional, and in fact, nothing here has changed particularly much starting there since erdoğanve cooperation with the russians. but unlike the european union, which is getting rid of its dependence on energy, the turks do nothing to to get rid of this dependence, that is, on the contrary, they use the circumstances to strengthen cooperation and expect that thanks to this they will be able to win the war, that is, to make money in the war, and in other words, hmm well, igor, it’s okay to sit on two chairs, we understand that turkey is strategically important for the black sea basin, but ukraine also needs a clearly defined position, and here, so to speak, there is no possibility to simultaneously implement a constructive dialogue with the russian federation, earning together with putin and at the same time try to help ukraine because this is such a slightly schizophrenic scheme, although turkey is not the only one like this, but in the case of turkey, i think that ukraine should also be specified in some way. well, for example , regarding the same hungary, there are two points.

but erdogan has nothing else but a smile. i think erdogan.s, where are the calculations? here, his comrades came with him, so i, to be honest, well, this is, well, that is, the factor that zelensky is actively inflating now. well, this is zelensky's pr, nothing else, but at the same time, you know mind you, she is from the ukrainian side. for some reason, they suddenly started kuleba immediately, immediately left, saying they didn’t force us to do anything. no, in no case will i, well, we have not made any concessions to russia, we will not make any. wait, there were no negotiations, so well the fact is for us there are no concessions that could be accepted. we will not stop until we clean everything. i hope there are calls, well, in fact, that is, the fact itself, yes, that is, you can imagine the intensity of which audience, yes, that is, the ukrainian one, which they were forced to immediately after of this, immediately disperse in the belgorod province with a minira. yes. we need to send troops to the entire length of the border to the en

i think that erdoğan's position and erdoğan's statements surprised everyone.though they were his positions, they were known before because he still embraces such a-a more well, neutral position. i want to reconcile as soon as possible. so he is trying to look like a mediator, but i will shout. we talked about this and vitaly. do you think that erdoğan’s position and his statement on the crimean platform will become a reason for russia to cool down a little. relations with turkey. i think that russia needs erdogan and putin, and they understand very well that they can take quite tough positions on some fundamental political issues. this is a wing . this also applies to the syrians . it's about business, it's business, what's happening now, this, this, the transformation of turkey into a hub for russian oligarchs, real estate for alina kabaeva, the ability to circumvent sanctions, this is much more important for russia than any declarations regarding the annexation of crimea well, putin has such a mentality. it seems to me that it has endured. do you agree that

the meeting between zelensky and erdoğan, zelenskyi and antonio buterisha.president redugan arrived in lviv shortly after the meeting with the russian president. so there were expectations that he would talk about some new ways to achieve the negotiations. between russia and ukraine, the ukrainian side has traditionally repeated and repeated it on the eve of the meeting that there can be no peace negotiations without the withdrawal of russian troops from the territory of ukraine and publicly, the president of turkey announced in lviv that the shortest and fairest way to the negotiating table should be determined. here is his direct speech in fillers. more now there. why are you low-rent pneumo these turkey made efforts to end the conflict through a diplomatic solution. we also supported our ukrainian friends and continue to do this, we shared with mr. zelensky that we will provide the necessary support for the restoration of ukraine, as we have done so far, the meeting with the un secretary general had two specific the first results are the mission of the un

may call their companies to leave the turkish market or limit commercial financial activities if erdoganlement the agreements with putin another edition suggests that it is not only about the expansion of business activity, even before the meeting between erdogan and putin in sochi, it was known that the latter will ask the turkish leader for help in circumventing western sanctions, in particular for the purchase of shares in turkish refineries , oil tanks and terminals in order to hide the origin of the oil after the introduction of the eu oil embargo . not to weaken its position regarding the actions of turkey or the latter in the end did not succeed, so to speak, to sharp movements. so, against the background of the likely support of the actions of the kremlin in ukraine. well, let's say china north-crechi by iran is an obvious game of turkey on the side of the kremlin. including, it would be a disaster . ihor semevolos, the director of the center for middle eastern studies, can join our broadcast right now. leader, oh, you are there, i am writing about the fact that with the help of

i read your author's column in one of the publications on this very topic about erdogan as a mediator and a regional leader, and you are there. i am writing about what the russian federation is currently trying to bypass with the help of turkey and sanctions there and the payment system, peace, you mention the payment in rubles for gas and the construction of oil processing enterprises, many other things, and what is the role of erdoğan in history in the war between ukraine and russia, how does he manage to balance, so to speak between the collective action of the eu and the united states between russia and the ukrainian issue, as you know , the problem is not how rotogan behaves, because he actually agreed to the same thing for many years, but in the 19th year we know that putin and irtugan are agreed on syria and it was necessary to make certain concessions and they made these concessions to each other and most of these concessions were not very liked by the states, they really did not like what they did there against certain sanctions were eventually introduced by erdogan buys puti

so this is against our opposition, meanwhile erdoğan declares a window of diplomatic opportunities.e ukrainian president does not see these opportunities and says that so far we are seeing aggression. let's talk about any negotiations after the russian federation really meets and leaves our land and removes all its weapons, mr. dmytro, how would you summarize this visit, how much it can really be called age-old and how important a link it is in the chain that can lead us to an ultimately prominent role in the conflict with the russian federation, well, in fact, what happened is specialized very well, that is in any case, we need to talk, but uh, already the carrier, and many of the analysts and i personally did not have a high opinion in order to achieve something, so there are too many different positions, and let's say erdogan's proposal to that that hmm, turkey is ready to act as such a mediator. for talks, it is stable, this is not something completely new. turkey is really ready for this. in that, the immediate interests of autogan are, but again, so far there is nothing to rea

putin and erdogan have already discussed cooperation allegedly in the settlement of conflicts in syriaibya and nagorno-karabakh, the situation in ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the leaders of the two countries have also already discussed in july 2022 at a meeting in iran, the issue of the grain corridor was raised, analysts believe that the main focus of the turkish-russian negotiations will be the implementation of the agreement on the export of ukrainian grain, which russia has already signed earlier, recently the minister of foreign affairs of the russian federation serhiy lavrov stated that russia also has the right to escort ukrainian grain ships through the waters of the black sea but this is already a hint that russia may not abide by the initial agreement, it is important for erdogan that europe considers him a good a diplomat who can negotiate even with putin, so it is likely that the turkish president wants to finally clarify the situation in sochi, the presidents can also discuss military-technical cooperation between the states, because turkey wants

erdoğan's son-in-law is a person close to him.eans that not with regard to plans , with regard to specific intentions already at the beginning of construction , and even with a larger scale, so to speak, now we will hear a quote and continue with you. we have long-term plans for projects with ukraine. baikar has started building a factory there, a research center and an advanced production center where we want to produce all systems, not only the fuselage, but also electronics, software , everything we do here, our investments are already progressing. now we are without exaggeration for us this is very positive news in all parameters in terms of security in the component of investment support in general, you know such strong support of a nato member country such as turkey, and in moscow that at times, as i mentioned, they have already hurried to threaten the destruction of this very plant, because the press secretary of putin, piska, he mentioned just recently that this falls under the demilitarization of igor, what do you think?

erdogan is a twine master. trying to become a mediator, which is also seen in the war and ukraine as a member of nato, turkey supports ukraine but at the same time tries to get closer to russia, we are allies , says nato commercials around the world. is it true that the world is tough on his policies, some doubt this, when turkish president erdogan has already met twice with putin and talks about deepening cooperation, the question arises on which side turkey is not a neutral country in the closest way economically, strategic military politically connected with russia she doesn't sanctions are being imposed on the west agreed and is trying to play elibristics to balance between the west and russia, on the one hand, turkey supplies attack drones to ukraine, it closes the side strait for russian warships, and erdogan mediated a grain deal. such a policy would be recognized if it were not for the other side in turkey and they don’t want to know anything, and the sanctions against russia, they ask for more gas, pay

erdogan said he was trying to take advantage.ill shown by the parties in concluding the grain deal in order to establish a lasting peace and end the war on both sides took root on the battlefield. so it seems premature. this was erdogan's first visit to ukraine after an invasion in recent months. he visited russia and met with president putin twice erdogan said he i am convinced that the war can only end through negotiations. turkey has made many efforts to help resolve the conflict diplomatically. we also stood on the side of our ukrainian friends and will continue to do so - he said turkey has influence on both sides, but mediation in concluding a peace treaty will obviously be delayed due to the fact that both sides are sure that they have increased momentum. i don't think that erdogan's diplomatic mission will be successful this time, the expectation of the turkish side, and a negotiated solution is not justified, president zelensky clearly said that with a country that is waging a war of conquest with a large number of victi

we see erdogan's effort.hem, they are positive, but now we do not see any conditions for negotiations, because there is no subject for negotiations, and as long as he said, the ukrainian side left the radar of negotiations until it is done, draft work at the level there are no negotiators and there is no subject for meetings, probably at the highest level, so we are grateful to erdogan. let him try, but we have our own position. that's all, but erdogan has something with his stubbornness. thought, what else needs to be pushed. here's another way to say, to talk, i agree, as if you understand the magical position of the ski, you understand, with all the great respect for the work of dmitry peskov well , what did you want the president's press secretary to do? the russian federation said, yes, we sketched here. here we sketched out to erdogan a certain list of our demands, partially ultimatum. well, he will voice it there, and then we'll see, well, peskov is doing his job, he must do it. here, look. yesterday a

lviv the main topics of discussion prisoner exchange grain export and the nuclear threat but why did erdogan not came to kyiv and did not visit bucha and irpin like other world leaders ukraine is behind the explosions at military facilities in crimea this is confirmed by the source of the cnn channel at the same time minister of defense of ukraine reznikov calls the base of the russian federation in crimea legitimate targets for the armed forces, is that why russia is moving planes from crimean airfields to its territory and is the occupying power really evacuating from the peninsula? on the pages of radio svoboda on facebook and youtube, as well as on the website of the espresso tv channel, leave your questions and suggestions in the comments and we will respond to them in the following programs. i also ask you to like yes more people will be able to see this broadcast, last night was one of the most tragic for kharkiv oblast during the entire war, said the head of the kharkiv regional military administration, oleg synogubov , at night, russian rockets hit a dormitory on saltivka, where peo

now looking at turkey, i think that for erdogan the u. s. in fact is more important than russia, the whole safety of turkey basis in the end on the support of the united states. but of course, you know what erdogan tries to do is to somehow yeah be an independent power between russia and the course, you know what erdogan tries to do is to united states to get some leverage points there. and of course he wanted to have an agreement on north syria because he wants to invade there. but that is something course he wanted to have an agreement on north syria that iran and russia won't agree to. and i want to pick up on exactly that point in just a moment. but first let's take a closer look at biden and putin's middle eastern speed dating in search of new and distinctly unholy alliances. those two fists would herald a new era between the us and saudi arabia. relations between the two countries have long been at an all time low ever since saudi arabia had saudi journalist and dissident jamal khashoggi murdered. now the turnaround clearly that the un

erdogan and putin last met on august 5 in sochi.they obviously could not avoid the topic of war, observers assume that the kremlin took the opportunity to convey to kiev through erdogan their wishes, which they are not ready to talk about openly and will cost the kremlin dearly, in particular . it seems that russia has come to terms with the concession of its interests in syria. to create a 50-kilometer security zone near its border, this is another evidence of the reduction of russian external influence due to the failure in ukraine, and a signal for kyiv to insist on conducting peaceful victories with moscow only on its own terms iryna ivanova olga rudetska khrystyna hashenko yuriy golubinka details tv channel inter marathon only news the visit of the mc to the oun in ukraine continues today antonio the hotelier visited odesa at the port he watched how the next ship was loaded with ukrainian wheat, the guest says he is glad that the grain initiative is working but the feeling is still mixed that the great powers of this great swea