In Ukraine, Erdogan plays the balancing act between Kiev and Moscow

VS’is a friend of Ukraine that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was received last Thursday in Kiev. Faced with threats from Russia, which has massed more than 100,000 soldiers on its eastern border in recent weeks, the support of Turkey, a member of NATO, has been welcomed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. But, the next day, Erdogan insisted on preserving his good relations with Vladimir Putin’s Russia, standing out from the United States and criticizing “Westerners”.

“I say it clearly, unfortunately, the West has been of no help so far in resolving the conflict. They only made it worse,” he told the CNN-Türk news channel when he returned from Kiev. “Biden has been unable to demonstrate an approach…