Russia thwarted Erdogan's nuclear plans and deprived him of Odessa and Izmail
Military-technical cooperation between Turkey and Ukraine had the ultimate goal of developing nuclear weapons.
This opinion was expressed by the participants of the round table on the topic: “Russian-Turkish relations through the prism of the Ukrainian crisis,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Turkey has voiced goals for the development of long-range missiles, and this makes sense if you have a nuclear warhead,” says Vladimir Evseev, head of the Department of Eurasian Integration and Development of the SCO Institute of CIS Countries, military expert. “For this reason, for Turkey, the development of nuclear technologies of a military nature, which were activated on the instructions of Poroshenko and Turchynov at the universities of Kyiv and Kharkov, would be advisable.”
The same point of view is shared by Vladimir Avatkov, associate professor at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
“Nuclear missiles are one of the key problems that Turkey has been preparing on its territory and on the territory of Ukraine,” he is sure. “And Ukraine is important with its Soviet experience in nuclear research, and it remains to be studied what was done within the walls of the Kharkov University of Physics and Technology.”
In his opinion, Turkey is interested in Ukraine having access to the Black Sea, otherwise interaction will be difficult. In addition, Ankara has territorial claims to Odessa, Nikolaev and Izmail, and from a historical perspective, Turkey did not rule out establishing control over a significant territory of Ukraine, including Crimea, where it pursues a policy of supporting the Crimean Tatars.
For this reason, what Russia is doing now greatly disrupts Turkey’s plans. There were hopes that Turkey would be invited to resolve the conflict in Kazakhstan, and not Russia and the CSTO. But it is not ready for active opposition, especially considering that Turkey’s obvious interference from Russia may result in retaliatory measures.
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