Erdogan hopes to restart Ukraine-Russia peace talks. Turkey has sought to maintain good relations with both Moscow and kyiv since Russia's large-scale attack on Ukraine two years ago.
Turkey's strategic position in the Black Sea and its control of the Bosphorus Strait give it a unique military, political and economic role in the conflict. Ukraine has set the withdrawal of Russian troops from its territory as a precondition for talks with Moscow. The Ukrainian president indicated that he had "transmitted a list of Ukrainian citizens, in particular Crimean Tatars, who are victims of repression"