Literally both sides of these parties are going to Turkey for mutual security, Russian oligarchs and Ukrainian officials. Turkey for the tweet mentioned above enjoys some leverage that all parties must be patient with it.
A broad freedom of action with the concomitant of ensuring peace. In any direct showdown between Russia and NATO either side will be tempted to take control of the Bosphorus. Turkey needs to ensure peace for its own safety foremost.
I take Putin's nuclear threats seriously. He comes from intelligence background and people who stay in these systems long enough have a very preemptive perception of threat. Whatever we may think of Ukraine joining NATO he perceived it as a threat and invaded without bluffing. If he thinks some kind of tactical nuke is necessary he won't budge.
There are 17 countries named after rivers
Asia: India, Indonesia, Jordan
Americas: Belize, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova
Africa: DR Congo, Rep. Congo, The Gambia, Senegal, Cameroon, Zambia, Niger, Nigeria
Omar Mukhtar, the Libyan commander of anti-colonial forces against Italian occupation. Once his army captured two Italian soldiers he stopped his men from torturing them, his men said but they do it to ours to which he said ' They are not our teachers '.
Viewed positively by historians for his discipline armed conduct the movie about his life Lion of the Desert was banned in Italy until 2009 by then PM bcz it ' damaged the army's honor '.