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Turkey halted the transit of Western-sanctioned goods to Russia this month after a year of war in Ukraine and mounting US and European pressure on Ankara for action, a top export official and a diplomat said.
An explosion in the Russian-occupied Crimea peninsula in southern Ukraine has reportedly destroyed a trainload of Russia's Kalibr cruise missiles.
Turkey halted the transit of Western-sanctioned goods to Russia this month after a year of war in Ukraine and mounting U.S. and European pressure on Ankara for action, a top export official and a diplomat said. The Turkish government handed companies a list of banned foreign goods and instructed them not to transship those to Russia beginning on March 1, said Cetin Tecdelioglu, head of the Istanbul Ferrous and Nonferrous Metals Exporters Association.
Turkey halted the transit of Western-sanctioned goods to Russia this month after a year of war in Ukraine and mounting U.S.