<p>Turkey said Saturday it was ready to push for local ceasefires in Ukraine and warned that neither Moscow nor Kyiv had the military means to "win the war".</p>.<p>President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's foreign policy adviser Ibrahim Kalin conceded that it seemed unlikely that the warring sides were ready to strike an "overarching peace deal" in the coming months.</p>.<p>But he said that the brutal cost of fighting might soon see them reconsider and accept localised truces in specific parts of the war zone.</p>.<p>"Turkey is willing to push for local ceasefires and small localised de-escalations," Kalin told reporters.</p>.<p>"Neither party is in a position to win the war militarily, on the ground."</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/russian-ex-president-medvedev-says-japanese-pm-should-disembowel-himself-1181034.html" target="_blank">Russian ex-President Medvedev says Japanese PM should disembowel himself</a></strong></p>.<p>Erdogan has used his good relations with both Moscow and Kyiv to try and mediate an end to the nearly 11-month war.</p>.<p>NATO member Turkey hosted two early rounds of peace talks and helped strike a UN-backed agreement restoring Ukrainian grain deliveries across the Black Sea.</p>.<p>Erdogan has also held repeated rounds of phone consultations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy aimed at finding common ground.</p>.<p>Kalin said Russia was primarily interested in "security guarantees" from NATO and respect on the global stage.</p>.<p>"What Russia wants is to be respected as a major player and to (avoid) having NATO in their backyard," Kalin said.</p>.<p>"Ukraine is not going to join NATO but they need to get enough security guarantee from Russia," he said.</p>
<p>Turkey said Saturday it was ready to push for local ceasefires in Ukraine and warned that neither Moscow nor Kyiv had the military means to "win the war".</p>.<p>President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's foreign policy adviser Ibrahim Kalin conceded that it seemed unlikely that the warring sides were ready to strike an "overarching peace deal" in the coming months.</p>.<p>But he said that the brutal cost of fighting might soon see them reconsider and accept localised truces in specific parts of the war zone.</p>.<p>"Turkey is willing to push for local ceasefires and small localised de-escalations," Kalin told reporters.</p>.<p>"Neither party is in a position to win the war militarily, on the ground."</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/russian-ex-president-medvedev-says-japanese-pm-should-disembowel-himself-1181034.html" target="_blank">Russian ex-President Medvedev says Japanese PM should disembowel himself</a></strong></p>.<p>Erdogan has used his good relations with both Moscow and Kyiv to try and mediate an end to the nearly 11-month war.</p>.<p>NATO member Turkey hosted two early rounds of peace talks and helped strike a UN-backed agreement restoring Ukrainian grain deliveries across the Black Sea.</p>.<p>Erdogan has also held repeated rounds of phone consultations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy aimed at finding common ground.</p>.<p>Kalin said Russia was primarily interested in "security guarantees" from NATO and respect on the global stage.</p>.<p>"What Russia wants is to be respected as a major player and to (avoid) having NATO in their backyard," Kalin said.</p>.<p>"Ukraine is not going to join NATO but they need to get enough security guarantee from Russia," he said.</p>