> TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER HAKAN FIDAN ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
> THE WAR ITSELF HAS TRULY SHIFTED OVER THE PAST YEAR FROM A WAR OF ATTRITION TO A WAR OF DESTRUCTION.
> THERE IS NOW NO PLACE THAT IS NOT BEING TARGETED.
> WE ARE ALSO SEEING CIVILIAN CASUALTIES STEADILY INCREASE.
> AS A NATION THAT KNOWS WAR AND KNOWS HOW TO FIGHT, WE SAID FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHERE THIS WOULD LEAD.
> THIS WILL ESCALATE INCREASINGLY.
> GEOGRAPHICALLY, METHODICALLY AND IN TERMS OF TARGETS, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS THE POINT WE HAVE REACHED.
> THIS NEEDS TO STOP TO PREVENT IT FROM SPREADING FURTHER AND CAUSING MORE DISASTERS.
> THE WAR ITSELF HAS TRULY SHIFTED OVER THE PAST YEAR FROM A WAR OF ATTRITION TO A WAR OF DESTRUCTION.
> THERE IS NOW NO PLACE THAT IS NOT BEING TARGETED.
> WE ARE ALSO SEEING CIVILIAN CASUALTIES STEADILY INCREASE.
> AS A NATION THAT KNOWS WAR AND KNOWS HOW TO FIGHT, WE SAID FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHERE THIS WOULD LEAD.
> THIS WILL ESCALATE INCREASINGLY.
> GEOGRAPHICALLY, METHODICALLY AND IN TERMS OF TARGETS, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS THE POINT WE HAVE REACHED.
> THIS NEEDS TO STOP TO PREVENT IT FROM SPREADING FURTHER AND CAUSING MORE DISASTERS.