ANKARA, November 23. /TASS/. The United States and Europe have openly sided with kyiv in the Ukraine conflict by supplying it with weapons amid a global economic and political struggle, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said.

“By sending weapons (to kyiv) from the beginning, America and Europe created a situation where they openly took sides in this war,” he told Turkish journalists. “A total war, both economic and political, is underway, just like a real war. In my opinion, this is a world war in the broader sense of the word. (Russian President Vladimir) Putin spoke about By this we mean a war in the broad sense. We have also warned about this The ongoing war in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip is widening the global divide and uniting certain actors in a context of increasing polarization. .

He stressed that today “it is vital to prevent the economic and political confrontation in certain regions of the world from turning into a real war.”