Counteroffensive makes ground in previously lost areas, says Institute for the Study of War; Volodymyr Zelenskiy wins Turkey’s support for Nato membership
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has secured Turkey’s crucial backing for Ukraine’s Nato aspirations after meeting with president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul.
Erdoğan said “there is no doubt that Ukraine deserves membership of Nato”, but also reaffirmed his longstanding call for peace negotiations.