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Originally Posted by Itse
In other news, Erdogan has organized a big meeting with Putin (big = a lot of cabinet members present). Obviously full agenda isn't public, Turkey is at least pushing to get Russia back to the grain deal.
Zelenskiy has also fired Ukraine's defense minister for unspecified reasons beyond "a need for new direction". This could be anything really. Maybe it's part of the corruption housecleaning, maybe the war is going poorly, maybe genuine mistakes have been made, maybe there's a key policy disagreement, maybe the current guy is just burned out. Still, not a typical move during a war.
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And news within the context of the grain deal is Russia sent signs of drones to destroy more grain distribution infrastructure in Ukraine overnight.
It was a "see, were in charge" action, with a "were the victim here" diatribe with Erdogan. At this point Erdogan wants to be the broker of the grain deal, Russia has all the leverage and gains little by agreeing again.
Putin today after meeting with Erdogan says no deal