Ukraine president to meet Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara but will travel to Istanbul if Putin arrives

Brazil’s president said on Wednesday he would press Vladimir Putin in person to attend negotiations with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Turkey, adding to calls on the Russian leader to enter talks and end Moscow’s invasion.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will stop over in the Russian capital on the way back to Brazil after the conclusion of a regional forum in China.