ANKARA, May 23. /TASS/. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said Turkey didn’t take part in a "show to settle the situation in Ukraine" and instead gave Kiev a serious and useful aid.

"Instead of a show that didn’t help the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, we made the most sincere efforts to halt the fire and establish peace," he said following a cabinet meeting. "We have provided serious, concrete and useful assistance to Ukraine. We boldly expressed our position to Russia."

Turkey also continues to develop relations with Russia, Erdogan said.