Erdogan decided to recall that he still has the Russian S-400.

The Turkish president, in an interview with reporters, talking about the situation in Syria, unexpectedly recalled that in the coming month, Turkey will take the Russian S-400s on alert. Given the positional areas of the Turkish air defense and missile defense systems, the latter will be able to hit any air targets over the territory of Syria.

Experts believe that Erdogan is aware that without providing effective cover, an attempt to begin to storm Syrian territories is doomed to failure. Syrian and Russian combat aircraft deliver a special “inconvenience” to the Turkish president, however, after the adoption of the Russian S-400, Erdogan will be able to independently dictate the conditions, which the Turkish leader hinted to reporters in a statement.

"Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed that Ankara will deploy S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems in April this year," Anadolu "agency reported. "Turkey has received almost all of the S-400 components from Russia. The systems will be activated in April," the agency said Friday with reference to Erdogan. Ankara has repeatedly stated that it intends to complete the deployment of the S-400 by April 2020. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said in January that Russian S-400 air defense systems will be fully operational in April or May. ”- приводит information publication "Interfax".

According to experts, if Turkey really lacked several components, a quarrel with Moscow could lead to problems with the adoption of the Russian S-400, however, after Russia fulfills all its obligations, Turkey may well try to act independently.