Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalın strongly rejected claims that Türkiye sent cluster munitions to Ukraine during the Russian invasion last year.
“We don’t have cluster munitions, and we haven’t provided them to Ukraine,” Kalın told reporters on Saturday, adding that Ukrainians have also rejected the claims.
U.S.-based Foreign Policy magazine claimed that Ankara sent Kyiv a form of U.S.-designed cluster bomb late last year.
On Wednesday, the Ukrainian ambassador in Ankara, Vasyl Bodnar, rejected the claims, calling them unfounded rumors and propaganda.
NATO member Türkiye has close ties with Russia and Ukraine and has sought to balance relations through the war. It has criticized Moscow’s invasion and provided Ukraine with arms, including drones, which significantly deterred a Russian advance early in the conflict.
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