Turkey hasn't decided to close straits to Russian ships -Turkish official

Turkey hasn't decided to close straits to Russian ships -Turkish official
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ISTANBUL - Turkey has not made a decision to close the Dardanelles and Bosphorus straits to Russian ships, a Turkish official with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Saturday.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked President Tayyip Erdogan for Turkey's humanitarian and military support, saying a "ban on the passage of (Russian) warships to the Black Sea" was very important for his country.

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