Moscow Expects Erdogan To Offer Mediation On Ukraine In Putin Meeting

Wires reporting comments attributed to an unnamed Kremlin aide stating that, 'many say that the Turkish delegation are going to present initiatives to resolve the conflict in Ukraine' and that they 'cannot rule out that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will touch on this during talks with President Vladimir Putin'.

• Putin and Erdogan meet in Astana, Kazakhstan tomorrow Putin arrives for the CIS Heads of State summit.
• Comes as NATO defence ministers meeting continues, with expectations of the offer of more weaponry to Ukraine both in terms of quantity and lethality.
• Reuters reports an unnamed senior NATO official stating that: 'Any use of nuclear weapons by Russia would change the course of the conflict, and it would have unprecedented consequences for Russia [...] It would almost certainly draw a physical response from many allies, and potentially from NATO itself'.