Erdogan says Russia should return all captured Ukrainian territory.

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Erdogan says Russia should return all captured Ukrainian territory.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said on Monday that Russia should return all Ukrainian territory it has captured, and indicated that negotiations that he has been helping mediate are moving in that direction.

“The lands which were invaded will be returned to Ukraine,” Mr. Erdogan said in an interview with “PBS NewsHour.” He was careful not to criticize President Vladimir V. Putin over his conduct of the war, but drew a clear line on the return of territory.

“This is what is expected,” Mr. Erdogan said. “This is what is wanted. Putin has taken certain steps. We have taken certain steps." An invasion cannot be justified, he added.

Mr. Erdogan also expressed opposition to the annexation of Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Russia seized in 2014. He said he had repeatedly asked Moscow to “return Crimea to its rightful owners,” without result.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/world/europe/erdogan-russia-ukraine.html

[Goodheart]

1. Ukraine will have Crimea, too.

They will not negotiate any of their territory away.

[PortTack]

3. No..they won't negotiate as it should be, otherwise Poopin will be back for more in a few years

[hedda_foil]

2. Stroganoff seems to have seen the writing on the wall.

Yes, I typed Erdogan, but I rather like that spell check decided to turn it into Stroganoff!

[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. I have the same problem with my spell check also

everytime I try to type the ex pres. name, spell check changes it to Benedict Donald.

[LoisB]

5. LOL!!!! Perfect.

[EndlessWire]

6. LOL! n/t

[hedda_foil]

7. Lol