President Tayyip Erdogan told Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Ankara on Thursday that Turkey was ready to host him and Russia's Vladimir Putin for peace talks "when they are ready", his office said.

During Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to Ankara, a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck. On that day, the Ukrainian leader was in Turkey for a meeting with the country's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On Thursday,

President Volodymyr Zelensky's meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, began in Ankara on May 15, Turkey's state news agency Anadolu reported. The meeting is taking place ahead of potential peace talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegates in Istanbul.