Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t openly condemn Turkey’s “Operation Peace Spring” in the northeast of Syria — but it is clear he is hardly happy about the offensive. According to a Kremlin statement, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke on the phone to Putin just before Turkey launched the offensive. Putin apparently “called on his Turkish partners to weigh its action with care, so as not to damage common efforts to regulate the Syrian crisis.”
Deutsche Welle: Turkey offensive in Syria forces Russia into a balancing act
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a meeting in Tehran on Sept. 7, 2018. (AFP)
