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 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.

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck central Türkiye during high-stakes peace talks between Presidents Zelensky and Erdogan. The quake was strongly felt in Ankara, Konya, and nearby cities, prompting swift emergency response.