Turkish media said that Moscow had approached Ankara with a proposal to buy back the S-400 systems delivered in 2019 in a deal that caused ructions in the NATO alliance and prompted the U.S. to expel Turkey from its F-35 fighter jet program.

Turkey’s unused S-400s sit in storage, but reports suggest Moscow may reclaim them – raising speculation that India could be the ultimate beneficiary.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brinkmanship toward NATO countries is becoming downright reckless. He faced no consequences for a drone incursion into Poland, and predictably escalated with three MiG-31 fighter jets flying into Estonian airspace on Friday.

Erdogan will try to convince Trump to reinstate Turkey into the F-35 program, a request that faces significant legal and political hurdles.

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Reports that Russia is seeking to repurchase an air defense system it previously sold to Turkey, a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) member, have drawn attention. Turkish media outlet Nephes recently reported,

Last Thursday, Ukrainian drones flew about 1,400km and hit the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil refinery and petrochemical plant in central Russia’s Bashkortostan. Ukraine’s SBU security service took credit for the strike that it said hit the centre of the facility, sparking a “strong fire.”

As is often the case, Trump’s post on Truth Social was a mixture of the superficially reasonable (it is less than ideal that several NATO members, including, prominently, Turkey and Hungary, continue to buy Russian oil),

The strikes have disrupted more than one million barrels a day of Russia’s refining capacity, according to Energy Aspects, a research group. Diesel exports, if they maintain the current rate, will fall to the lowest monthly total in September since 2020, according to both OilX and Vortexa, which track cargoes.