Zelensky plans Turkiye visit to try to revive peace talks

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he planned to go to Turkiye on Wednesday in an attempt to revive talks with Russia on how to end the war in Ukraine.

1news.media informs, citing Reuters, a Turkish source said that U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff would also visit Turkiye on Wednesday and join the planned talks there with Zelensky.

"We are preparing to reinvigorate negotiations, and we have developed solutions that we will propose to our partners. Doing everything possible to bring the end of the war closer is Ukraine's top priority," Zelensky, who was visiting Spain on Tuesday, said about the meetings in Turkiye.

Zelensky said Kyiv was also working to restore exchanges of prisoners of war.