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,

Each side is due to meet on Friday with Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, and Turkey's foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, but still without any broader meeting planned.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, but said both leaders are ready to fly to Istanbul if Russian President Vladimir Putin chooses to attend the talks there.