{"id":1254007,"date":"2025-11-19T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1254007"},"modified":"2025-11-16T11:31:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T09:31:25","slug":"turkish-mfa-this-may-be-the-hardest-moment-of-russia-s-war-against-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/turkish-mfa-this-may-be-the-hardest-moment-of-russia-s-war-against-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish MFA: This may be the hardest moment of Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to Turkey\u2019s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine is likely \u201cclosest to ending\u201d now, as it is passing through \u201cperhaps its most difficult phase\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with A Haber, Fidan said both Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine and Turkey\u2019s leading role in ceasefire efforts in Gaza, as well as the situation in Syria, remain important and current for Turkish policy. In his view, the human and political losses in the Russia-Ukraine confrontation have \u201cexceeded manageable limits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>He stressed that he assesses the war in Ukraine not as a military officer but as a diplomat.<br>\u201cAt this stage, we are talking about a war that is almost over. (\u2026) Of course, it needs to be stopped. That has been our policy from the beginning. But there were very influential circles that did not want it to stop\u2026<br>Now America, together with the Trump administration, has in fact come to the same conclusion as we have. European leaders want this too,\u201d Fidan said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The war in Ukraine is \u201ceffectively closest to an end\u201d because, according to Fidan, it is at one of its hardest moments. Both sides have focused on destroying each other\u2019s transport and energy infrastructure and, as the Turkish minister said, are no longer striking military targets. The fight at the front has also turned into a war of various types of drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fidan\u2019s direct quote: \u201cNo one can move anywhere. Nothing is happening; only those who disregard losses are advancing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked whether Turkey would soon bring the Ukrainian and Russian sides to the negotiating table, the foreign minister replied: \u201cWe now believe that a peace table will be created. I personally believe it. For obvious reasons, we cannot go into details. Whether it will happen in Turkey or elsewhere, I believe that this peace not only should happen, but will happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the beginning of November, Fidan said his country was ready to host a round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, as well as a potential leaders\u2019 summit in Istanbul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-northern-europe-and-the-baltics-allocate-500-million-to-the-purl-program\/\">Zelenskyy: Northern Europe and the Baltics Allocate $500 Million to the PURL Program<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Turkey\u2019s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1254009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36415,36422],"tags":[76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1254007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-11473-news-en-3","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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