Erdogan supports Putin for nuclear: ‘Russia must be protected’

The position that it should be protected was openly expressed in statements on the margins of the G20 Summit in Brazil. The Turkish president defended Vladimir Putin’s decision to review the country’s nuclear doctrine. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after the G20 summit held in Brazil, Turkey had to maintain good relations with both Russia and Ukraine. “Russia had to take steps to protect itself,” Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday (19.11.2024), when asked about the reduction of the limit for a nuclear attack by Moscow, adding that NATO should carefully consider the Russian statement. It is recalled that Vladimir Putin reduced the limit for nuclear strike Tuesday in response to a wider range of conventional attacks, as Moscow announced that Ukraine hit deep within Russia with ATACMS missiles, of American construction. Justifying Turkey’s (ed. fixed) attitude towards Russia and Ukraine claimed Ankara had to maintain good relations with the two countries and that it would continue to seek peace. However, he rushed to criticize Kiev’s attack on Moscow with US ATACMS missiles.