Turkey, Azerbaijan step up aid to Ukraine
Despite their valuable ties with Russia, Turkey and its close ally Azerbaijan are busily sending aid shipments to Ukraine.
Turkish aid to Ukraine reached Romania today.
Five truck loads arrived at Romania’s Vama Giurgiu border crossing with Bulgaria. The drivers drove through the blizzard in Bulgaria today to reach the border point. The aid can now move through Romania north into Ukraine, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported.
The Ukrainian Embassy in Ankara also said today that it had collected aid from private citizens in Turkey and Azerbaijan, including basic food. The supplies were loaded onto three Istanbul-bound trucks at the embassy. From Istanbul, they will be delivered to Ukraine via Bulgaria and Romania, according to Anadolu.
The Turkish Interior Ministry also delivered food, tents, blankets and beds to Ukraine on Feb. 26 via a truck convoy, according to a tweet. The same day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tweeted Kyiv expects a plane from Azerbaijan carrying medicine. Zelenskyy added that Azerbaijan’s state oil company will provide fuel to ambulances at its stations in Ukraine for free.
