Ukrainian Ambassador to Ankara Vasily Bondar said in a conversation with Reuters that in the event of aggression from Russia, Ukraine will ask Turkey to close the Bosporus and Dardanelles to Russian ships.

"We believe that in the event of a large-scale military invasion or the start of hostilities against Ukraine - when the war becomes not only de facto, but also de jure - we will ask the Turkish government to consider the possibility of closing the Black Sea straits for the aggressor state," he said. is he.

Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that he opposed Russia's recognition of the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. He stressed that the conflict should be resolved on the basis of the Minsk agreements.

Prior to this, Erdogan said that Turkey would not abandon relations with Russia or Ukraine because of the conflict between these countries.

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