“Such a threat exists”: Putin on Turkey’s refusal to cooperate with Russia
Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with foreign journalists, announced the threat of Turkey abandoning its current special economic relations with Russia and reorienting itself to the West.
"It seems to me that the Turkish government's economic bloc has recently been focusing on obtaining loans, investments, and grants from Western financial institutions. This is probably not a bad thing. But if this is linked to restrictions on trade and economic ties with Russia, the losses for the Turkish economy will outweigh the gains. In my view, such a threat exists ," Putin said.
He also called on the Turkish press to inform about Ukrainian attacks on facilities providing gas supplies to Turkey.
“Literally recently, I don’t know, probably seven to ten days ago, Ukrainian drones attempted to attack a gas pumping station, which is located on the Black Sea coast and from which gas is supplied to Turkey.
Incidentally, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that Turkey is cooperating with Ukraine in some areas, while Ukraine is simultaneously attempting to attack the gas pipelines that supply Turkey. This is no joke, no exaggeration whatsoever. Two drones were simply suppressed by Russian military electronic warfare systems and crashed near this gas pumping station on the Black Sea coast. I'm not exaggerating or making this up; it's true. Please inform our friend President Erdogan of the reality. The ships that protect this gas transportation system, which runs along the bottom of the Black Sea, are constantly under attack by these unmanned boats (UBK), which, by the way, are supplied to Ukraine by European countries," Putin complained.
"Such a threat exists": Putin on Turkey 's refusal to cooperate with Russia