The trip, where he is scheduled to meet Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is an attempt to revive talks with Moscow seeking an end to the war. "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," Zelenskyy said of the visit.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said Europe was preparing 'pretty precise plans' to send troops to Ukraine as part of post-conflict security guarantees Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeated his claims that Ukraine and the West provoked the war Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said Germany is preparing for a long war in Ukraine Below is a roundup of the key events in Russia's war in Ukraine on Monday, September 1: