Two Turkish cargo planes stranded in Ukraine as a result of closure of airspace due to the Russian invasion arrived in Türkiye on Tuesday.
“Two A400M Turkish plane, which landed in Ukraine to ship humanitarian assist and evacuate our residents, had been stranded at Borispol airport as a result of closure of the airspace. They have now departed for his or her dwelling base, Kayseri,” the Defense Ministry stated on Twitter.
Türkiye, internationally praised for its distinctive mediator position between Ukraine and Russia, has repeatedly known as on Kyiv and Moscow to finish the struggle by negotiations.
The households of the stranded employees welcomed their family members on the air base, whereas President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan thanked Ukraine and Russia for making certain the protected return of the planes and employees. Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, who was in Kayseri for an occasion, additionally joined the welcome for the returnees. Akar contacted Erdoğan, and the president addressed the returnees by way of a cellphone name.
“We are pleased that our personnel and planes that have been waiting for a long time in Ukraine returned. I thank Ukraine and Russia on behalf of my nation. I thank all the personnel who brought our planes back in those difficult times,” the president stated.
Akar instructed reporters that they’ve been in touch with the Ukrainian and Russian sides because the planes had been stranded and had been instructed that there have been “risks and dangers” that may complicate the return. “After close coordination and the circumstances changed, the planes left immediately,” he stated. “The war has caused fallout (for others) and we have seen that. We dispatched planes to send humanitarian aid, to evacuate our citizens, but they were stranded when the airspace was closed,” he stated.
Erdoğan had repeatedly contacted Ukrainian and Russian leaders for the planes’ protected return, the minister stated. He additionally thanked the pilots and employees for his or her efforts to maintain the planes maintained and expressed gratitude that they’d lastly returned dwelling “safe and sound.”
