Turkish Airlines took delivery of multiple A350s that were supposed to be delivered to Aeroflot and repainted them.
In the spring of 2022, Turkish national flag carrier Turkish Airlines announced that it intended to purchase six additional Airbus A350s earmarked for Russian national flag carrier Aeroflot. On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military to invade Ukraine to topple the pre-western regime in Kyiv.