 U.S. asked Turkey to send the S-400s to Ukraine. Turkey has rejected a proposal by Washington that an S-400 anti-missile defense system which Turkey bought from Russia be sent to Ukraine. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Kavusoglu said it, according to Turkish news agency Anadolu. Kavusoglu said the U.S. had argued that the S-400 system purchased from Russia should exclude Turkey from the F-300 fighter jet program and suggested that Turkey hand control of the system over to the U.S. or another country such as Ukraine as it tries to fight off Russian forces. Kavusoglu said these proposals were unacceptable because they were intended to encroach on Turkish sovereignty. The U.S. asked us to send the S-400s to Ukraine and we said no. Kavusoglu said it should be noted in 2017 when its protracted efforts to buy an air defense system from the U.S. proved futile, Turkey signed a contract with Russia to acquire the state of the art S-400 system.