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Turkish edition of Habertürk released material expressing concern that Turkey may be drawn into the conflict in Donbas by the West. The author of the article, Cetiner Cetin, does not rule out that Ankara will have to lead a NATO force that will confront Russia.
“These days we must be extremely careful in the military, political, economic and intelligence fields. relations, “said Cetin.
He notes that in addition to sanctions against Russia, the West is developing a variant of relocating a special military unit of 35-40 thousand on the basis of NATO's rapid reaction force.
At the same time, the author emphasizes how he managed to find out from diplomats in Brussels that the Joint High-Readiness Task Force (VJTF) is considered to be the leading force of this group. This group is commanded alternately by NATO members. And currently the command center is located in Turkey.
“There is a very risky situation that directly affects Turkey,” Cetin emphasizes.
The author asks whether Turkey will end up – in the midst of an even deeper crisis of relations with Moscow than after the destruction of the Russian plane in 2015?