🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, arrives in Ankara, Turkey. He will meet Turkey's Erdogan before the Russia-Ukraine talks.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "We have a high-level delegation, while the Russians seem to have a symbolic one. We’ll see what we do next and whether the Russians even have the mandate to make decisions.

After the meeting with Erdogan, we’ll assess the format," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine.

🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- After meeting US Secretary of State Rubio last night, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Sybiha is currently meeting the Foreign Ministers of France, Poland and Germany, as well as the Foreign Secretary of the UK.

🇺🇸🇦🇪⚡- The President has arrived in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

🇹🇷🇺🇦⚡- "I am here. I think that’s a pretty clear message," - Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's President, when asked to comment on Putin's absence.

🇺🇸🇦🇪⚡- President Donald Trump, along with the UAE's Mohammed bin Zayed, have left Abu Dhabi International Airport, the UAE.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- BREAKING: Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul have begun.

🇺🇸🇦🇪⚡- The President is given a tour of the Sahan Courtyard of Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, UAE.

🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- Zelensky-Erdogan meeting lasted three hours in Ankara, Turkey.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "If Russia does not show a real willingness to end the war, Ukraine will turn to the US, EU and countries of the global South with a request to impose tough sanctions against Russia," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, from Ankara, Turkey.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "We need to meet with Putin, we are here in Ankara, but he is neither here nor in Istanbul. We cannot run around the world and look for him," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, from Ankara, Turkey.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "I have nothing to do in Istanbul. Russia said that Putin was ready for direct negotiations, then everything changed for them. We are ready for direct negotiations," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, from Ankara, Turkey.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "Putin expressed willingness to negotiate to buy time, avoid a ceasefire, and delay potential sanctions," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, from Ankara, Turkey.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "Putin is the one who backed out of meeting with me," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, from Ankara, Turkey.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "Erdogan told Zelensky in a meeting in Ankara that the war must end through direct negotiations," - Turkey's Presidential Office.