Volodymyr Zelensky said he will travel to Ankara on Thursday whether Vladimir Putin decides to accept his invitation or not.

By challenging Putin to face-to-face talks in Istanbul, Ukraine’s president has reshaped the diplomatic game and forced Moscow into a high-stakes dilemma.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Ankara on May 15, prepared to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for direct talks — if Putin attends. Zelensky warned that Putin’s absence would signal his unwillingness to end the conflict and called for new sanctions if he fails to show.

Ukraine's air force reported an overnight Russian attack involving more than 100 drones, as Russia's President Vladimir Putin rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky 's proposal of an immediate 30-day ceasefire.

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky invited Pope Leo XIV to visit the war-hit nation after he said he held a “very warm and truly substantive” phone call with the new pontiff.“I invited His Holiness to make an apostolic visit to Ukraine.