Clashes between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan continues on the borders.
Tanks are being used in the ongoing fierce clashes between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
Video shows Tajikistani Military shelling inside of the Kyrgyzstan town of Batken, and casualties are unknown currently.
Currently in Batken, Kyrgyzstan
Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 are reportedly being used by the Kyrgyzstani Air Force.
Kyrgyzstan's Border Service: "The Kyrgyz Border Guard units attacked the Lyakkan and Bogdari border posts of Tajikistan and destroyed a significant amount of heavy equipment of the Tajik side."
Video is shwoing Tajik soldiers on a school in Kyrgyzstan's village of Ak-Sai, Batken district
Russia´s President Putin thanked the Turkish President Erdogan for the Ukraine grain deal, Putin hopes the Ukrainian grain will reach the poorest countries but says this goal has not been achieved so far.
President Putin signalled about the possibility of shipment of its grain through Turkiye's shipping ports
As you all know the disputes between Turkiye and Greece are reaching new heights slowly over the Aegean Islands.
There are many verbal exchanges of blows between the 2 states quite recently which are ringing my alarm bells.
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Turkiye for many years warned Greece to not arm the Aegean Islands which have a demilitarized status since signing international treaties but yet they (Greece) proceeded to arm them in that case.
It is truly astonishing to see people wanting to see #Turkey out of the #NATO alliance and prefer #Sweden and #Finland to be in NATO in exchange.
Turkey´s geographical location cannot be replaced by NATO in case of a withdrawal from NATO and it will result in irreparable damages to the alliance.
Turkey has always contributed to the alliance and protected its allies while combating Warlords and Terroroganizations.
Turkey as a NATO member state has been always opposing Russia in many places around the world to contain Russian influence in #Ukraine, #Libya, #Syria, Nagorno-#Karabakh and so on.
Turkey expects its security concerns to be respected and valued and not be ignored.
The Turkish President has announced that the objective to create the 30 KM safe zone in Syria to be fully captured when the preparations in the Military and Intelligence Agency is ready for another Operation in N.Syria.
People asking themselves:
"Why is Turkey not joining the sanctions with the EU and the US and closing its airspace to Russia?
Let me explain why "THREAD"
Turkey has had security concerns of lacking air defense systems in its inventory and so they had tried to acquire some from the US but have been told that the congress wouldn´t allow it, so Turkey choose the Chinese HQ-9 Air Defense System in September 2013.
Following the news, Turkey´s NATO allies were concerned with the possible deal and many months after, Turkey canceled the deal and sought to develop its own Air Defense Systems while not getting any from the US.