Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that he is "waiting to see who will come from Russia" to the upcoming ceasefire talks in Turkey.

Zelenskyy told reporters in Kyiv he will be in Ankara on Thursday to conduct the negotiations. He plans to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the two will wait for Putin to arrive, he said. Zelenskyy said if Putin chooses Istanbul to hold the meeting, then both leaders will travel there.

Russia resumed mass drone attacks in Ukraine early on Sunday, after its self-declared three-day pause expired.