Turkish President Offers To Host Russia, Ukraine Peace Talks

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered to mediate talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered Thursday to mediate talks between Russia and Ukraine as NATO warned that Moscow's military buildup continues, with more troops and military equipment deployed to neighboring Belarus than at any time in the last 30 years.

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Erdogan, who has close but sometimes difficult ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Turkey was "prepared to undertake its part in order to end the crisis between two friendly nations that are its neighbors in the Black Sea.”