Also, the Turkey/Russia relationship is "complicated". They're both simultaneously at each other's throats, but they also have a lot of overlapping interests. Turkey could just as easily use this as a way to score big points with Russia. Specifically, Turkey is wanting to exert their presence in the middle east and over the Kurds and would like it if Russia turned a blind eye to their activities in Northern Syria.
Turkey, which supplied a bunch of weapons to Ukraine before the war, hasn't (at least no publicly) provided any weapons since.
Then again, Turkey is continuing to close the Turkish Straits to Russia, so maybe I am wrong. Perhaps Turkey will back down, once they have their concession. The concession could be support in Northern Syria from the West. Turkey has been asking for that for a while now.
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