In the face of the lack of military equipment, Russia wants to buy air defense systems again, as NATO member has sold Türkiye for more than half a decade.
The Turkish media said that Moscow has dealt with Ankara with a proposal to purchase the S-400 systems that were delivered in 2019 in a deal that caused the formulation of NATO alliance and prompted the United States to expel Turkey from the F-35 Fight Jet program.
Russia wants to return the regimes, and Turkish officials are open to the idea, according to reports that have not been confirmed by Ankara or Moscow.
Eurok Kotak, an analyst at Bosforus, the Istanbul -based observer Newsweek Tuesday “they should never be purchased.”
Newsweek I called the Russian Foreign Ministry to comment.
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Why do it matter
In 2017, Türkiye signed a $ 2.5 billion deal with Russia for two Triumf S-400 systems, which were delivered two years after Ankara thwarted with the United States and NATO for its refusal to sell it.
A Russian regime in the country of NATO in the United States, and Washington removed Ankara from the F-35 combat aircraft program and imposed Caatsa (confronting America’s opponents through the Penal Code).
Moscow seeks to renew the lost equipment in Ukraine and Ankara developing its original air defense system, Steel Dome. The deal can reset the relationships between Ankara and Washington as a result.
What do you know
Turkish media reported that Neves reported that Russia has approached Türkiye with a proposal to the re-purchase of the S-400 air defense systems that he sold to Ankara.
S-400 Triumf is a missile launcher and a multi-layer mobile castle designed for use against aircraft, drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles.
The presence of long-range air defense systems in Moscow on NATO lands was not satisfied with the coalition amid fears that they may endanger the American F-35 fighter planes, and thus Washington responded to sanctions.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the systems will work completely by 2020, but they are still unused, and it made it high maintenance costs a burden on Ankara.
Light said Newsweek The systems were incompatible with the radar system in Türkiye and that their purchase was a “unfortunate decision.”
Militarnyi, the Ukrainian military news site, stated that Turkish officials have expressed a “positive position” towards the Moscow proposal.
Ankara sells regimes to Russia that would reduce its talks with Washington for F-16 aircraft and its attempts to accept the F-35 program.
Meanwhile, Russia, which does not have the S-400s in the reserve, will benefit from strengthening the lost arrows in Ukraine. The deal will also help Russia’s struggle to meet its obligations towards the other S-400 buyer, such as India, Türkiye today.
The news comes at a time when Türkiye is developing its steel dome system, saying that the Turkish government puts great importance in developing technologies locally.
What people say
Anna Komsa, a geopolitical spoon, was published on X: “Russia asks Turkey to air defense systems-Ankara does not object to an acute crisis experience. Moscow has turned into Ankara for S-400 air defense systems, which was sold to Türkiye in 2017.”
Yörük Işık, analyst at Bosphorus Observer, based in Istanbul Newsweek: “I hope we can transfer these weapons to Ukraine, and this will be the most generous and strategic decision.”
What happens after that
Ankara nor Moscow has not confirmed the reports and there will be awaited about Türkiye’s batch to join the United States program F-35.