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The Turkish leader believes that only presidents of Ukraine and the Russian Fede...

"Putin stands for termination": Erdogan believes that the war in Ukraine will last a long time

The Turkish leader believes that only presidents of Ukraine and the Russian Federation can predict when full -scale fighting will end, but Ankara is counting on the rapid settlement of the conflict. Turkish President Recep TaiP Erdogan said that the war in Ukraine would not end soon. He said this in an interview with the American TV channel PBS.

As you ask journalist Naaz for a long time, in your opinion, this war will continue and whom you see this ending President of Turkey replied: "I can't give you a calendar when this war is over and how long it will continue. Only the leaders of both countries can tell you. ". Rezhep Erdogan stated that in 2014 he made efforts to liberate Crimea, but negotiations with the President of the Russian Federation were not successful at the time.

"Back in 2014, I had some discussions and negotiations with President Putin about Crimea. And my efforts were not successful. And I couldn't make them leave the Crimea. ", - said the leader of Turkey. Redge Erdogan was also asked if President Putin believes that he was winning this war. To which he replied: "I can't say. We didn't talk about it. But I need to be extremely clear and frank. It is obvious that this war will last a long time.