🇹🇷🇺🇦⚡- "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.

🇮🇱⚡- Netanyahu's Press Office announces a security cabinet meeting for 4pm tomorrow (Tel Aviv time).

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "The mission of direct negotiations with Ukraine is to reach a ceasefire sooner or later," - Vladimir Medinsky, Head of Russia's delegation to Istanbul.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "Our delegation is determined to find possible solutions," - Vladimir Medinsky, Head of Russia's delegation to Istanbul.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "We are ready to relaunch negotiations with Ukraine," - Vladimir Medinsky, Head of Russia's delegation to Istanbul.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- India-Pakistan ceasefire extended until the end of May 18, this Sunday.

🇺🇸🇹🇷🇸🇾⚡- The Foreign Ministers of Turkey and Syria met with the US Secretary of State in Antalya, Turkey.

🇲🇦🇮🇱⚡- Two IDF soldiers injured in the African Lion 2025 military exercise in Morocco.