Manned aircraft, warships and electronic-warfare platforms, and electro-optics seem to be in the lead for future defense trade between European countries and Turkey.

Yes, the Russians have knocked out or captured at least seven of the howitzers, but there are plenty of additional guns in storage to make good these losses. No, they withdraw because stocks of their 230-pound shells run low

Turkey's foreign minister will reiterate at Sunday's meeting of European leaders in London an offer from Ankara to host peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Saturday.

Turkey is open to providing security guarantees for Ukraine as part of a final deal with Russia to end the war, the Turkish foreign minister said on Monday during a press briefing with his Russian counterpart.

Alberta is weighing a plan to ship hundreds of pallets of children’s medicine it imported from Turkey to Ukraine, offloading the drugs that were part of a $70-million deal that is under scrutiny, according to government briefing notes obtained by The Globe and Mail.

The European Union spent $23 billion on Russian oil and gas last year while only offering Ukraine $19.6 billion in military aid to fend off Russia's invasion.